Neal Stephenson · 2011 · thriller

Neal Stephenson's globe-spanning techno-thriller. When ransomware loose in an online game drags a Seattle gaming mogul's niece into the orbit of Russian gangsters, Chinese hackers, and a jihadist cell, the chase ricochets from an Iowa reunion across the Pacific to China and the Philippines and back to the mountains of the Idaho-British Columbia border.

1. 1
   Iowa

   At the Forthrast family reunion, gaming tycoon Richard reconnects with his niece Zula and gives her a job.

2. 2
   Seattle

   At Richard's company the Reamde virus surfaces, and a stolen-card deal drags Russian mobsters to the door.

3. 3
   Vladivostok

   Ivanov's private jet carries the captives west across the Pacific to Russia's far-eastern edge.

4. 4
   Xiamen

   Hunting the virus's young authors, the group collides with a jihadist cell and Zula is seized by Abdallah Jones.

5. 5
   The Philippines

   Jones flees south by boat through the islands with his captive, a CIA man closing on his trail.

6. 6
   British Columbia

   The terrorists slip back across the Pacific and reach the coast of British Columbia.

7. 7
   The Selkirk Mountains

   The hunt ends in a long gun battle in the Selkirks on the Idaho border as the family converges to save Zula.