War Surf

What would you do if you were rich, bright, vigorous, virtually immortal - and nearly bored to death?

You'd invent a thrill sport...

Nasir Deepra is one of the executives who rule 23rd-century Earth. His 248-year-old body is kept young and healthy by nanotech machines in his blood. His giant fortune protects him from the poverty and ecological disasters that threaten most of humanity. And he has only one enemy - boredom...

Author Biography: M.M. Buckner earned a B.A. in English Literature from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), studied writing at Harvard University, then earned an M.A. in Creative Writing at Boston University. She has traveled through Europe, New Zealand and North America, lived in California, Alaska, Maine and Massachusetts, and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Her first novel, Hyperthought, was nominated for the 2003 Philip K. Dick Award (for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States). Her second novel, Neurolink, was published in August, 2004. Her third novel, War Surf, published in September 2005, has been nominated for the 2005 Philip K. Dick Award.