The Quantum Thief
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Jean le Flambeur: thief, trickster, master of impossible crimes. His past is a riddle, but his name echoes across the Heterarchy—breaking into the godlike Zeusbrains of the Inner System, lifting priceless Earth relics from Martian aristocrats, and outwitting every lock man ever built. Until now.
These days, Jean is trapped in the Dilemma Prison, where the daily routine is simple: kill, or be killed—by himself. But escape arrives in the form of Mieli, a woman with secrets of her own, and her ship—an alluring, sharp-tongued vessel that’s as dangerous as it is flirtatious. Together they set course for the Oubliette, a walking city on Mars where time itself is coin, memories are hoarded like jewels, and the night sky burns with the light of a chained singularity.
Mieli offers Jean a bargain: his freedom, and the return of his full powers, in exchange for pulling the one job he never finished. As Jean plots capers grand enough to rattle empires, investigator Isidore Beautrelet hunts a murderer through the Oubliette’s winding streets—and finds his trail leading to none other than le Flambeur himself.
A mind-bending blend of heist, mystery, and high-concept science fiction, The Quantum Thief is a rocket ride through a future of marching cities, stolen memories, and schemes as vast as the solar system. Beneath its wonders beats the oldest motives of all: greed, betrayal, and revenge.