War Surf by M M Buckner
What would you do if you were rich, bright, vigorous, virtually immortal--and nearly bored to death? You'd invent a thrill sport.
It's the 23rd century, and Nasir Deepra is 248 years old, wealthy, kept young by all-pervasive nanotechnology, a corporate executive, and bored with life. To spice things up, he has become an Agonist, dipping into war zones--many of them in satellites orbiting the Earth--and filming his daredevil antics. Agonists have a large fan-base who watch them on the Net, and they revel in the attention. A war surf goes badly and the Agonists lose their top ranking amongst surfers, so they decide to up the ante and go to Heaven, a class 10 difficulty war zone, the toughest, in order to get back on top.
Nasir is reluctant to go, since he's on the board of directors that controls Heaven, and he knows why it's a class 10. His younger girlfriend, Sheeba, talks him into it and disaster strikes: Nasir and Sheeba are captured by workers who control Heaven. Nasir has to come to terms with the brutal exploitation he has been a part of and avoid the disease that runs rampant amongst Heaven's workers.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780441013203 |
| ISBN 10 | 0441013201 |
| Title | War Surf |
| Author | M M Buckner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Year published | 2005-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 375 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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