Once an elusive hammerjack, plugged into a virtual world of code, Lea Prism is now a corporate spook, hell-bent on ridding the universe of the anti-tech Inru terrorists. Their attempt to accelerate evolution robbed her of her one chance for happiness. Now the man she loved is nothing but a disembodied consciousness—and part of the computer matrix she has sworn to defend.

But from the depths of a Martian volcano to the radioactive wasteland of Chernobyl, the Inru have launched one last offensive–and a horrific incident from humanity’s past resurfaces to birth a final scenario more terrifying than anyone could imagine. The forces of technology are poised to distort the very worst of what nature has to offer… and the stage is set for battle.