2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy  sister-states of what used to be California.

Here the  millenium has come and gone, leaving in its wake  only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry  Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working  for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a  bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively  snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But  these are no ordinary shades. What you can see  through these high-tech specs can make you rich–or  get you killed.

Now Berry and Chevette are on the  run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of  DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high.  And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash…

Author: William Gibson
Publisher: Spectra
Pages: 368pp
Size: 4.25 x 6.75
Notes: mass market paperback
Release Date: July 1, 1994
ISBN: 978-0553566062