A Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author joins Ace with a
stunning new science fiction epic.
Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math —
and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of
them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind.
When a Japanese researcher develops a new signal-processing
implant that might give her sight, she jumps at the chance,
flying to Tokyo for the operation.
But Caitlin's brain long ago co-opted her primary visual
cortex to help her navigate online. Once the implant is
activated, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the
World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness, spreading
out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes. While
exploring this amazing realm, she discovers something — some
other — lurking in the background. And it's getting smarter ...