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Blue Ant Series

This series delves into the shadowy underbelly of the corporate world, where intrigue, power struggles, and betrayal intertwine with futuristic technologies. Follow the protagonists as they navigate a perilous landscape filled with treacherous allies and unseen enemies. It's a thrilling adventure that explores the boundaries of humanity and ethics in an era of advanced bioengineering and cybernetics. Readers will be captivated by the complex plot and unexpected twists.

Zero History
Spook Country
Pattern Recognition

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Pattern Recognition

    • 368 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    It's only called paranoia if you can't prove it. Cayce is in London to work. Her pathological sensitivity to brands makes her the perfect divining rod for an ad agency that wants to east a new logo. But when she is co-opted into the search for the creator of a strangely addictive on-line film, Cayce wonders if she has done the right - or indeed, safe - thing. And that's before violence, Japanese computer crazies and Russian Mafia men are in the mix. But she wants to discover the source of the film too, and the truth of her father's disappearance in New York, two years ago. And from the way people are trying to stop her, it looks like she's getting close . . .

    Pattern Recognition1
    3.9

  2. Spook Country

    • 371 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    In New York, what you've got on your iPod can be bad for your health . . . Tito, a young and athletic Cuban, has been asked to pass iPods to the 'old man' in Washington Square. He doesn't know why and he's not stupid enough to ask, either. But the old man likes to speak Russian, and he knows a great deal about Tito's family; reason enough for Tito to make sure the old man gets what he wants. Across the country in LA, journalist Hollis Henry has been asked to investigate Bobby Chombo, a man who knows the ins and outs of military navigation systems - and who never sleeps in the same space twice. Unfortunately for Hollis and one or two other interested parties - Bobby has very good reasons for not wanting to be found. Reasons that involve iPods and nothing whatsoever to do with music . . . Spook Country is a thriller of the here and now, of what happens when old spies come out of the woodwork to play one last game.

    Spook Country2
    3.7

  3. Zero History

    Former rock singer Hollis Henry has lost a lot of money in the crash, which means she can't turn down the offer of a job from Hubertus Bigend, sinister Belgian proprietor of mysterious ad agency Blue Ant. Milgrim is working for Bigend too. Bigend admires the ex-addict's linguistic skills and street knowledge so much that he's even paid for his costly rehab. So together Hollis and Milgrim are at the front line of Bigend's attempts to get a slice of the military budget, and they gradually realize he has some very dangerous competitors. Which is not a great thought when you don't much trust your boss either. Gibson's new novel, set largely in London, spookily captures the paranoia and fear of our post-Crash times.

    Zero History3
    3.9