The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is thrilled to welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson to Harrisburg for a conversation and signing on his new historical epic, Polostan: Volume One of Bomblight.

This is a ticketed event. Every ticket includes a signed copy of the book and general admission entry. Doors will open at 6:00pm for general admission ticket-holders, 6:45pm for standing-room-only. The event will begin at 7:00pm. Book signing to follow presentation. Additional copies of Neal's previous books may be purchased at the event.

About the Book:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.

The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gunrunning and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C., during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB.

Set against the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century, Polostan is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a captivating new series from Neal Stephenson.

About the Speakers:

Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . .Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Tax-Inclusive: Harrisburg City amusement tax and 6% PA state sales tax are included in the cost of each ticket.