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Mark Fairfax is a young, successful trader in the City. His older brother richard is a genius, who has built one of the world's leading virtual reality companies. When richard is found dead in a Scottish fishing village, mark steps into his shoes. He discovers that Richard has developed a system that can bring virtual reality into every home and office. Such a system could be worth billions of dollars to large Japenese or American companies capable of exploiting it; and there are those that fear it would change civilisation as we know it - for the worse. Mark has to learn quickly as he is thrust into a world which he barely understands, where he can trust no one. As he struggles to save to save his brother's fledgling company from bankruptcy and unwelcome predators, he realizes that his own life is in danger. Mark needs all his trader's nerve and quick thinking to survive.
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Trading reality, Michael Ridpath
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- Trading reality
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael Ridpath
- Publisher
- Mandarin
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 074932130x
- ISBN13
- 9780749321307
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Business, Mystery & Thriller, Love, Thriller, Suspense, Murders, Fun, British Literature, Death, England, Great Britain, English Literature, Finance, London, Scotland, Criminal thrillers, Virtual Reality
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- Trading Reality
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Mark Fairfax is a young, successful trader in the City. His older brother richard is a genius, who has built one of the world's leading virtual reality companies. When richard is found dead in a Scottish fishing village, mark steps into his shoes. He discovers that Richard has developed a system that can bring virtual reality into every home and office. Such a system could be worth billions of dollars to large Japenese or American companies capable of exploiting it; and there are those that fear it would change civilisation as we know it - for the worse. Mark has to learn quickly as he is thrust into a world which he barely understands, where he can trust no one. As he struggles to save to save his brother's fledgling company from bankruptcy and unwelcome predators, he realizes that his own life is in danger. Mark needs all his trader's nerve and quick thinking to survive.