Whole Wide World

By Paul McAuley
First Published: 2002
A gripping and unforgettable thriller of the day after tomorrow–when the world and the Web are one.

London, in the aftermath of the Infowar. Surveillance cameras stand on every street corner, their tireless gaze linked to an artificial intelligence system. Censors patrol the borders of the Internet. A young woman is murdered before the gaze of eager voyeurs.

A policeman sidelined to a backwater department seizes on the chance to contribute to this high-profile murder case, but soon finds himself caught up in a web of intrigue. Why was Sophie Booth’s murder broadcast over the Internet? What is the link between her murder and London’s new surveillance system? Who is the self-styled “Avenger,” and why does he communicate only by e-mail?

Whole Wide World is a gripping conspiracy thriller set in a world where information is the universal currency and some people will do anything to be able to control it.