Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. He has also written novels with his...
The Cobweb
The Cobweb
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When a foreign exchange student is murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from his small college town to the Middle East. He discovers a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research, producing a dangerous biological agent. As his Army Reservist wife is called to duty in the Gulf, Banks realizes he may be the only one who can prevent a massive catastrophe, learning a harsh lesson in foreign policy along the way.
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CobwebUnknown, 1998
432 pages
Penguin Random HouseLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97814070857155 editions available
