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La muerte de un estudiante extranjero en intercambio en la Universidad de Iowa, lleva al inesperado descubrimiento de que una poderosa agencia estatal estadounidense está invirtiendo grandes sumas en proyectos de investigacion de dudosa moralidad. El ayudante del sheriff local se involucra en complejas investigaciones mientras su esposa participa en la guerra del Golfo. Entretanto, una joven analista de segunda fila de la CIA debera enfrentarse a un poderoso diplomatico y asesor de George Bush padre por osar sugerir una descabellada hipotesis politico-belica.Un thriller politico de primer nivel, con la amenaza de una peligrosa guerra biologica con armas de destruccion masiva en el marco de la primera guerra del Golfo.Una novela amena y sugerente, en la que destacan los saberes narrativos de Stephenson (autor de Criptonomicon, Clico Barroco, La era del diamante, Snow Crash, etc.), junto a los conocimientos de historia y politica exterior estadounidense de J. Frederick George, autores que ya habian colaborado en ese impresionante thriller politico-social sobre la manipulacion politica que es Interfaz.

Erasmas - Raz - is a young avout living in the Concent, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world by ancient stone, honoured traditions and complex rituals. Three times during history's darkest epochs, the cloistered community has been devastated by violence. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe. Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite, the avout prepare to open the concent's gates. Before the week is out, both worlds - the inner and the outer - will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change. Suddenly Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world - as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet...and beyond.

This is the latest magnificent creation from the award-winning author of "Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle" trilogy Erasmas, 'Raz', is a young avout living in the Concent, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers Three times during history's darkest epochs, violence has invaded and devastated the cloistered community Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe...

Hace miles de años, el planeta Arbre estuvo al borde del colapso. Los nuevos intelectuales, los avotos, se reunieron para iniciar un nuevo tipo de vida. Mientras el planeta sufre multitud de transformaciones, el ritmo de evolucion de los avotos es lento. Ahora, casi cuatro mil años despues de la fundacion del sistema, el Poder Secular parece ocultar que hay una nave alienigena orbitando el planeta. Descubrirla y establecer contacto con esos extraños seres es el gran trabajo que espera al protagonista, fra Erasmas. Entretenido y con ideas nacidas en el Congreso de Hackers de 1999 y en los libros de Penrose (La nueva mente del emperador), este libro es un brillante tour de force.

Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. Weaving together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present, Cryptonomicon explores themes of power, information, secrecy and war in the twentieth century in a gripping and page-turning thriller.

El libro de culto de los hackers: redes informaticas. Criptografía, matemáticas y todo lo imaginable en una macronovela en tres volúmenes que abarca desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial a un futuro cercano. En dos palabras: impresionante. Stephenson ha sido considerado como el Hemingway de los hackers y el Quentin Tarantino de la ciencia ficcion ciberpunk, y su novela como El señor de los anillos de la nueva sociedad de la informacion.Un verdadero tour de force narrativo, el ciber triller que se esta convirtiendo ya en el nuevo libro de culto hackers.En 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, genio matematico y capitan de la marina estadounidense, colabora con Alan Turing y los especialistas britanicos de Betchely Park en el trabajo de descifrar los codigos secretos de las potencias del Eje. Sesenta años mas tarde, la empresa de su nieto y tambien brillante cripto-hacker, Randy Lawrence Waterhouse, proyecta crear un nuevo paraiso de datos y el mayor exponente de la libertad informatica: la Cripta. Si la matematica de los primeros criptoanalistas tuvo que someterse a las necesidades y exigencias de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el revolucionario proyecto de la Cripta se ve condicionado por las normas y leyes tacitas de las altas finanzas internacionales y por el nuevo juego de poder que permiten las infotecnologias. La aventura, intelectual y humana, esta servida.

The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with ''Infernal Devices'' - time bombs. As Daniel and Newton conspire, an increasingly vicious struggle is waged for England''s Crown: who will take control when the ailing queen dies? Tories and Whigs clash as one faction jockeys to replace Queen Anne with ''The Pretender'' James Stuart, and the other promotes the Hanoverian dynasty of Princess Caroline. Meanwhile, a long-simmering dispute between Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz comes to a head, with potentially cataclysmic consequences. Wildly inventive, brilliantly conceived, The System of the World is the final volume in Neal Stephenson''s hugely ambitious and compelling saga. Filled with a remarkable cast of characters in a time of genius, discovery and change, The Baroque Cycle is a magnificent and unique achievement.

The Gulf War is imminent and theres something mighty strange going on in the Agriculture Department of East Iowa University. When an Arab student turns up drunk and dead in the lake, redneck Deputy County Sheriff Clyde Banks gets a feeling hes on to something big. Its a suspicion shared by low-ranking CIA agent Betsy Vandeventer. But before two great minds yell conspiracy theory, in steps top US policy-maker James Millikan. Heres a man well used to dictating the Middle Easts future from a comfortable seat at a top Paris restaurant. While shenanigans in the Midwest might not be exactly his style, theres a technique that serves America well in all matters of national security. Its called the Cobweb, and it backfires every time...

Neal Stephenson continues his extraordinary Baroque Cycle in this sequel to his bestselling Quicksilver, bringing to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery. It is the late 1600s, on the high seas. A group of Barbary galley slaves plot as they ply the oars of a pirate ship, hatching a daring scheme to find an enormous cache of Spanish gold. Amazingly, they succeed - leaving some very unhappy men behind who vow to hunt down the vagabonds and bring them to justice, no matter the cost. Meanwhile, back in France, the beautiful Eliza - toast of Versailles and spy extraordinaire - attempts to return to London with her baby, a child whose paternity is shrouded in mystery. Making her way home, her ship is stopped by a French privateer and she is returned to the Sun King''s court. Thrown back into a web of international intrigue, Eliza must contend with all manner of characters, including buccaneers, poisoners, Jesuits, financial manipulators, and even a stray cryptographer or two...

"New York Times" bestselling author Stephenson pens the final volume in his ambitious and compelling epic of intrigue, adventure, and excitement, filled with a remarkable cast of characters in a time