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Radio Freefall by Matthew Jarpe.
Available Summer 2007 from Tor Books.

"It's the soul of rock and roll that saves the soul of humanity in this fun-house ride through the very near future. Jarpe has definitely got my attention!"--Karl Schroeder, author of Sun of Suns

"If you can't quite believe that Californian rock'n'roll, space cowboys and liberated AIs can save the world from the fascist mediocrity of Unification, this book explains how it might be done, in a blithe spirit of which Noel Coward would surely have been proud, and with enough technical detail to gladden the heart of the most hardened technofetishist." -Brian Stableford, author of Heterocosms

"The writing held me . . . . It depicts the bleak prospect of world government, some believable near-future technology, and characters I cared about. What can I say? I enjoyed this and think that those whose obsessions are SF and music will rave about it." -Neal Asher, author of Brass Man

"This is a brisk, lucid and engrossing debut. The bloodlines of Heinlein and Varley are clearly displayed in an original new scion. I found it no end of fun." --Kage Baker, author of Rude Mecanicals

"It's the kind of seductive mix that has the potential to spread outside the field like the early works of William Gibson. It's also the kind of novel that will be hard to imitate; like Chester Anderson's The Butterfly Kid, it's likely to have a very devoted group of fans." --Don D'Ammassa, Critical Mass

"Jarpe has mixed Stephenson's knack for creating unusual yet accessible settings with Vinge's rigid extrapolation of technology and topped it off with an interesting protagonist to create a very entertaining read. ...not only a great first novel, but also an immensely enjoyable story." --JP Frantz, SF Signal

"Matthew Jarpe's Radio Freefall mixes rock and SF for a high energy debut full of good ideas."--Enrest Lilley, SF Revu

"Jarpe brings everything to a slam-bang conclusion, bringing his plot strands together with a beautiful bang of poetic justice for the bad guys."--Jim Stewart The Stars My Destination

"Rock and roll and old-school hard SF go together like peanut butter and jelly in Jarpe's debut novel." --Publishers Weekly

"Radio Freefall could end up being one of my favorite SF novels of the year...Matthew Jarpe is well on his way toward becoming a big-time writer." --Fantasy Book Critic

"AIs you have to explain to your girlfriend, evil billionaires who do moustache-twirl with evil, but amusingly, space habitats that are reasonably well thought-out, women who are actually strong women and don't need to wear a leather catsuit to prove it, and a bluesman archetype ... This book does its job." --Leah Bobet Bakka Phoenix Books, Toronto

"[T]he first truly new cyberpunk vision in recent years...Radio Freefall is an excellent first science-fiction novel and will be enjoyed by fans of rock music and science fiction alike." -- D. Douglas Fratz, Sci Fi Weekly

"With his first hardcover Sci-Fi novel, Matthew Jarpe jumps splashing and spinning into the pool of new talent, spiffing up traditional themes." -- Jim Hopper, The San Diego Union Tribune

"Some sex, lots of drugs, and fond memories of cyberpunk (lots of plugging in going on) and Heinlein (independence in space)." -- Tom Easton, Analog

"Jarpe's masterfully crafted debut fires on all cylinders, offering a winning combination of Heinleinesque wit and mind-bending technological speculation that should garner major attention during the next awards season." --Carl Hays, Booklist

"Man, this book is exactly what I've been needing, an antidote to every crappy new book I've read in the last year." -- Jake Beal, MIT Science Fiction Society

"With Radio Freefall, I'm reminded most of the novels of Elmore Leonard, especially in the intuitive, dialog-driven action and periodically insightful male/female dynamics." -- Camille Alexa, Green Man Review

"...with a strong retro-cyberpunk feel, and with a decidedly musical bent, Jarpe strings together a story that's damn near impossible to put down once started, and it all comes down to the characters." --Anders Monsen, Prometheus

I think the only left for me to say is "Aw, shucks."