The Quantum Thief [with] The Fractal Prince [with] The Causal Angel [with] Uncorrected Manuscript Proof of The Quantum Thief
By Hannu Rajaniemi
First Printings of the First Editions
All four books are signed by the author on the full title page
Gollancz Hardcovers
Proof is Gollancz Soft Cover



  • A first edition set of the Jean le Flambeur Trilogy.
  • THE QUANTUM THIEF:  The Book is new and unread with no damages in like DJ, tight sharp and clean.  First printing hardcover with dust jacket.  The Number-line reads:  1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 3 2. This book is quite rare as most first print hardcovers were withdrawn and destroyed due to a printing error with the dedication and acknowledgement pages left out in error. There may be as few as 200 copies in existence.  This may be one of the only copies in new condition and signed by the author.  The price will continue to go up.  Dust jacket protected with archival quality Mylar cover.
  • THE FRACTAL PRINCE:  New and unread, undamaged in like DJ protected with archival quality Mylar cover. 
  • THE CAUSAL ANGEL: New and unread, undamaged in like DJ protected with archival quality Mylar cover.
  • THE QUANTUM THIEF PROOF:  New and unread with light bend at top of front wrap, protected in archival quality poly bag.
  • All four books are signed by the author on the full title page. 
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Synopsis:

Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Now he's confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself before his other self can kill him.Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turnedsingularity lights the night. What Mieli offers is the chance to win back his freedom and the powers of his old selfin exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed.As Jean undertakes a series of capers on behalf of Mieli and her mysterious masters, elsewhere in the Oubliette investigator Isidore Beautrelet is called in to investigate the murder of a chocolatier, and finds himself on the trail of an arch-criminal, a man named le Flambeur.... The Quantum Thiefis a crazy joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people communicating by sharing memories, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as MMORPG guild members. But for all its wonders, it is also a story powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge, and jealousy. It is a stunning debut.