![]() ![]() ![]() Jack is incredibly hungover, recently laid-off from his programming job, and handcuffed to a signpost somewhere in the Netherlands, with a Dutch cop standing in front of him expecting a good explanation for how he got there. Her company sends her to Edinburgh to try and find out if one of their clients was up to some shady business leading up to the robbery. ![]() She is also a reenactor and a sword-fighting enthusiast. To make things more interesting, one of the company's main programmers, a reclusive work-from-home type, is missing without a trace, and nobody in the office can recall having ever seen him.Įlaine is a Forensic Accountant, who specializes in digging through other peoples' books to look for evidence of fraud or other financial negligence. Sue, a police officer in Edinburgh, responds to a call about a theft at a software company, only to learn that what was stolen is a bit out of her area of expertise: several hundred thousand Euros worth of virtual valuables from Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game. Halting State is a 2008 Post-Cyberpunk novel by Charles Stross. ![]()
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