Neuromancer – William Gibson

"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

Case is a washed-up computer hacker hired for one last job: to pull off the ultimate hack against a powerful artificial intelligence. He jacks into 'cyberspace'—a consensual hallucination of data—navigating a gritty, high-tech underworld of street samurai, corporate clones, and digital ghosts.

William Gibson's debut novel launched the cyberpunk genre. It predicted the internet, virtual reality, and the dominance of multinational corporations. Its dark, neon-lit vision of the future has had a profound influence on modern culture, from 'The Matrix' to the way we talk about technology.