Description
A technician passing through the runcible of Samarkand at a fraction below light speed causes a fusion explosion that kills thousands and obliterates a terraforming project. Earth Central sends agent Cormac to investigate. Cormac must find a resolution without the support of the AI grid, for thirty years of being gridlinked have left him devoid of humanity. But he does have the help of Shuriken, a throwing star with a mind of its own, as well as Golem combat androids and the ambivalently motivted 'dracomen.' And he'll need all the help he can get as he's being tracked by a vicious psychopath, backed by augmented mercenaries and a killing machine called Mr. Crane.