Heavy Weather

Heavy Weather Synopsis

A near-future eco-thriller from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus and The Difference Engine. The Storm Troupers are a group of weather hackers who roam the plains of Texas and Oklahoma, hopped up on adrenaline and technology. Utilizing virtual reality, flying robots, and all-terrain vehicles, they collect data on the extreme storms ravaging an America decimated by climate change.

But even their visionary leader can't predict the danger on the horizon when a volatile new member joins their ranks and faces a trial by fire:

• a massive tornado unlike any the world has seen before. '
• A remarkable and individual sharpness of vision... Sterling hacks the future, and an elegant hack it is.' Locus '
• Lucid and tremendously entertaining. Sterling shows once more his skills in storytelling and technospeak. A cyberpunk winner.' Kirkus Reviews '
• So believable are the speculations that... one becomes convinced that the world must and will develop into what Sterling has predicted.' Science Fiction Age '
• A very exciting coming-of-age story in a wild future America... What's it got? Cyberpunk attitude, genuine humor, nanotechnology, minimal sex but some cool medications and very big weather systems.' SFReviews.net '
• Brilliant... Fascinating... Exciting... A full complement of thrills.' The New York Review of Science Fiction