Finalist, Best Novel, 2008
Halting State
Charles Stross (opens in a new tab)
A robbery inside an online game leads a police officer, an accountant and a programmer into a conspiracy in a near-future Scotland.
The ballot
- The Yiddish Policemen’s UnionMichael ChabonHarperCollins, Fourth EstateWinner
- The Last ColonyJohn ScalziTorRunner-up
- RollbackRobert J. SawyerTor; Analog Oct. 2006-Jan/Feb. 2007
- BrasylIan McDonaldGollancz; Pyr