A plethora of e-book extras, not found in any print edition, including:

1) INTERVIEW: Neal Stephenson shares intimate details and insight behind the making of Quicksilver;

2) QUICKSILVER METAWEB INTRODUCTION: Stephenson's take on his creation of a web-based network that may someday rival the internet;

3) QUICKSILVER DRAMATIS PERSONAE BY TYPE: a complete and concise list of characters grouped by character type

The long-awaited first volume of The Baroque Cycle comes to e-book at last (with loads of extras to boot)!

Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, it is history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death, and alchemy. It sweeps across continents and decades with the power of a roaring tornado, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs, and all expectations.