Keeping It Real

How it reads

Keeping It Real is science fiction (cyberpunk science fiction, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in several locations, in the future, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are identity, power and politics and survival. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 333 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.