Lucky Ghost
the martingale cycle
$32.85
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2018
Summary
Dive into the Digital Afterlife with Lucky Ghost
Early one morning, blogger Alex Kubelick walks up to a total stranger and slaps him across the face. Hard.
He smiles.
They’ve both just earned Emoticoin, in a new, all-consuming game that trades real-life emotions for digital currency. Emoticoin is changing the face of the economy - but someone or something is controlling it for their own, dangerous ends.
As Alex picks apart the tangled threads that hold the vi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473624771 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473624770 |
| Author: | Matthew Blakstad |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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Hurrah for tech and her fellow travellers - Interzone on SOCKPUPPET
Embedded with techy jargon and shards of wit, Sockpuppet takes a snapshot of our age of online shaming and oversharing and runs it through a skewed, feverish filter. The result is compelling. - FT on SOCKPUPPETA fascinating and hair-raising examination of just how much we are in thrall to computers, and how willingly we give up our privacy. - Guardian on SOCKPUPPETAbout The Author
Matthew Blakstad
Matthew’s first career was as a professional child actor. From the age of ten, he had roles in TV dramas, in films and on stage at theatres including the Royal Court. After graduating from Oxford with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, he began a career in online communications, consulting for a wide range of clients from the BBC to major banks. Since 2008, he has been in public service, using his communication skills to help the British population understand and manage their money.
In 2012 Matthew took the Writing a Novel course at Faber Academy. The Martingale Cycle, a series of standalone but interconnected novels, is his first series.
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