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The Price of Everything

Published by Solaris
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

John Wick meets Johnny Mnemonic in a nail-biting cyberpunk technothriller about a courier on the run from his own Guild

Corporations fall, gangsters are killed, but no-one messes with the Couriers Guild.

When Armand Pierce first became a courier ten years ago, he had an attaché case connected to a titanium cuff grafted into the bones of his wrist, and took an oath: the delivery is everything. He can run, fight—kill, if he needs to—but the package gets where it’s going. It’s the Guild’s guarantee, and since the internet went down in the Cyber Wars, all business, legitimate or otherwise, depends on it. Otherwise, he dies.

So Pierce knows he’s in deep trouble when he arrives at his latest destination to find his payload missing, his case mysteriously empty. Something strange is going on: something that’s already cost three couriers their lives, and threatens to upend the global order. And Pierce had better get to the bottom of it, before the Guild, catches up to him.

About The Author

Jon McGoran is the author of ten previous novels for adults and young adults, including the YA science fiction thrillers Spliced, Splintered, and Spiked, the science thrillers Drift, Deadout, and Dust Up, numerous short stories and novellas, and licensed work for The Blacklist, The X-Files, and Zombies vs Robots. A freelance writer, writing teacher, and developmental editor and coach, he lives outside Philadelphia with his wife Elizabeth, a librarian. For more, visit www.jonmcgoran.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Solaris (April 8, 2025)
  • Length: 432 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781837862351

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Raves and Reviews

“Jon McGoran offers a brilliant—and frighteningly feasible—glimpse of the future, wrapped in a pulse-pounding package that’ll have you turning the pages as fast as you can, then running to the bank to stockpile cash.” —Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse and The Paradox Hotel

“This ultraviolent and nonstop action sci-fi thriller delivers (no pun intended) all the goods. McGoran does a terrific job of worldbuilding, and readers will dig this blending of Blade Runner and John Wick.” —firstCLUE

The Price of Everything is gritty future-noir, a sci-fi novel with a thriller’s pacing, presented with a vividness that leaves a pit in your stomach and dirt under your fingernails. Highly recommended.” —Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7

“The combination of climate apocalypse and political side effects, layered in levels of intrigue and mystery and leavened by romance, makes for an engrossing novel.” Library Journal

“McGoran’s nuanced characters are believable products of their denatured future and the suspenseful subterfuges they employ to survive keep the pacing brisk. It’s a page-turning thrill ride.” Publishers Weekly

“An entertaining read with a cinematic finish.” Booklist

The Price of Everything is razor sharp and relentless, a thrilling read that both honours and subverts the neon glow of cyberpunk. This book is a horrifyingly plausible dystopia set against the backdrop of the climate apocalypse and the collapse of the Internet of things. Timely and urgent, it rewires what the future could be, and will make you question everything you take for granted long after you put it down.” —Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author of The Ten Percent Thief and the Flavour Hacker series

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