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Jean le Flambeur

Embark on a journey to a distant future where post-human societies grapple with cosmic mysteries. Follow a brilliant thief navigating the blurred lines between technology and magic as they uncover conspiracies spanning the galaxy. This series offers a compelling blend of cyberpunk, philosophy, and adventure, challenging your perceptions of reality and consciousness.

The Causal Angel
The Fractal Prince
The quantum thief

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    Broken free from a nightmarish distant-future prison by a mysterious woman who offers him his life back if he will complete the ultimate heist he left unfinished, con man Jean le Flambeur is pursued in worlds where people communicate through shared memories.

    The quantum thief
  2. 2
  3. 3

    With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterisation and his unrivalled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science, Hannu Rajaniemi has swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the 21st century. And now with his third novel he completes the tale of his gentleman rogue, the many lives and minds of Jean de Flambeur. Influenced as much by the fin de siecle novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by the greats of SF, Rajaniemi weaves intricate, warm capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions of wild future and deep conjecture on the nature of reality and story. And now we find out what will happen to Jean, his employer Miele, the independently minded ship Perhonnen and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung through the solar system.

    The Causal Angel