Islands in the net
From the back cover:

Laura Webster's on the fast track to success.  A bright young star in a multinational conglomerate, she's living well in a post-millennial age of peace, prosperity, and profit.

In an age of advanced technology, information is the world's most precious commodity.  Information *is* power.  Data is locked in computers and carefully rationed through a global communications network.  Full access is a privilege held by few.

Now, Laura Webster is about to be plunged into a netherworld of black-market data pirates, new-age mercenaries, high-tech voodoo... and murder.
American Science fiction, Cyberpunk fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general
Bruce Sterling
Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre. - [*Wikipedia*][1]

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  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling