The ship and crew barely survived that, and Jean realizes that he has to find a better way to open the Box - fast. No sooner is that done than an attack comes from the Hunter. This time, Jean identifies Mieli's employer as a Sobornost Founder, Joséphine Pellegrini, and gets her to reveal how he got captured, thereby picking up the clues to make plans for his next heist. After making little progress, he is prodded by the ship Perhonen to talk to Mieli, who turns out to be possessed by the pellegrini again. The good thing is, no one will ever die again. Jean is trying to open the Schrödinger's Box he retrieved from the memory palace on the Oubliette. Read 614 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In Hannu Rajaniemis sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimed international sensation The Quantum Thief, he returns to his awe-inspiring vision of the universe and we discover what the future held for Earth.

The novel is the second in the trilogy, following The Quantum Thief (2010) and preceding The Causal Angel (2014).Īfter the events of The Quantum Thief, Jean le Flambeur and Mieli are on their way to Earth. It was published in Britain by Gollancz in September 2012, and by Tor in the same year in the US. Get 50 off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book store and download or stream it. The Fractal Prince is the second science fiction novel by Hannu Rajaniemi and the second novel to feature the post-human gentleman thief Jean le Flambeur. Download or stream The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi.