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'''''Islands In The Net''''' is a political science-fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, published in 1988.
 
The story is first set in 2023, Galveston, Texas. It follows the adventure of Laura Webster, a Publicpublic Relationrelations worker for a global corporation Rizome. She tends a lodge along with her Husbandhusband, Davis, with whom she has a 3 three-month -old daughter, Loretta.
 
Her plight begins when one of the representatives of a datahaven, Winston Stubbs, gets Assassinatedassassinated during a major conference between two other datahaven representatives and Rizome in her lodge. Her company decides to send her and her family to Grenada, home of one of the datahavens, and solve the problem diplomatically.
 
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Her plight begins when one of the representatives of a datahaven, Winston Stubbs, gets Assassinated during a major conference between two other datahaven representatives and Rizome in her lodge. Her company decides to send her and her family to Grenada, home of one of the datahavens, and solve the problem diplomatically.
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Ceramic machetes.