The Shockwave Rider: A Novel
He was the most dangerous fugitive alive, but he didn’t exist!

Nickie Haflinger had lived a score of lifetimes . . . but technically he didn’t exist. He was a fugitive from Tarnover, the high-powered government think tank that had educated him. First he had broken his identity code—then he escaped. 

Now he had to find a way to restore sanity and personal freedom to the computerized masses and to save a world tottering on the brink of disaster. He didn’t care how he did it—but the government did. That’s when his Tarnover teachers got him back in their labs . . . and Nickie Haflinger was set up for a whole new education.
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The Shockwave Rider: A Novel
He was the most dangerous fugitive alive, but he didn’t exist!

Nickie Haflinger had lived a score of lifetimes . . . but technically he didn’t exist. He was a fugitive from Tarnover, the high-powered government think tank that had educated him. First he had broken his identity code—then he escaped. 

Now he had to find a way to restore sanity and personal freedom to the computerized masses and to save a world tottering on the brink of disaster. He didn’t care how he did it—but the government did. That’s when his Tarnover teachers got him back in their labs . . . and Nickie Haflinger was set up for a whole new education.
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The Shockwave Rider: A Novel

The Shockwave Rider: A Novel

by John Brunner
The Shockwave Rider: A Novel

The Shockwave Rider: A Novel

by John Brunner

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Overview

He was the most dangerous fugitive alive, but he didn’t exist!

Nickie Haflinger had lived a score of lifetimes . . . but technically he didn’t exist. He was a fugitive from Tarnover, the high-powered government think tank that had educated him. First he had broken his identity code—then he escaped. 

Now he had to find a way to restore sanity and personal freedom to the computerized masses and to save a world tottering on the brink of disaster. He didn’t care how he did it—but the government did. That’s when his Tarnover teachers got him back in their labs . . . and Nickie Haflinger was set up for a whole new education.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780345467171
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Publication date: 03/01/1995
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 419,330
Product dimensions: 5.46(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.61(d)
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