Devil's Plaything (30 page)

MATT RICHTEL
is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
New York Times
technology journalist and novelist. His first book,
Hooked
, was a critically acclaimed bestseller. His fiction, like his journalism, focuses on the impact of technology on how people live, behave, and love in the 21st century. He won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his series on distracted driving. He lives in San Francisco with his family. Please visit him at
www.mattrichtel.com
.

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“Matt Richtel [is] the absolute master of crafting amazing fiction around cutting edge science…. This is an utterly absorbing read—gripping, exciting, touching and terrifying. ”

DAVID LISS,
New York Times
bestselling author of
Whiskey Rebels

“A story both rich in character and riotously exciting. So get comfortable . . . you'll be reading this in one sitting.”

JAMES ROLLINS,
New York Times
bestselling author of
Altar of Eden

By Matt Richtel

D
EVIL'S
P
LAYTHING

H
OOKED

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real.

Copyright © 2011 by Matt Richtel
Excerpt from
The Juggler
copyright © 2012 by Matt Richtel
ISBN 9780061999697

FIRST EDITION

EPub Edition JUNE 2011 ISBN: 9780062091321

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