A beautiful scientist at Oxford University - and a desperate killer in California, one stalking the other. On the Internet . . .
Tessa Lambert is young beautiful - and a genius. She has just created the first viable artificial intelligence program. But her discovery is so controversial that she must keep it a secret even from her dearest friends and colleagues.
As her work grows daily more vital, Tessa's world begins to fall apart, and when her program takes on its own completely malevolent existance, Tessa must make one last and absolutely terrifying connection . . .