Publisher's Synopsis
A mysterious hacker rampages his way across Washington DC on a strange, single-minded quest: to draw Adam Clark, the Secretary of the tyrannical Central Admin, out into the open for public humiliation. When the hacker's threats begin to materialize, Adam realizes he only has one recourse, his new protege Annalise McLean and her considerable computer prowess. However, the rebel organization Vérité, for which Annalise works as double-agent, has also become embroiled in the hacker's vendetta which threatens to derail Vérité's own coup against Central Admin. To make matters worse, a key member of Vérité's leadership disappears at a critical moment, leaving them scrambling to recover. Casualties mount on both sides, the agents of Central Admin begin to close in, and Anna's hunt for the hacker leads down ever darker and more terrifying paths. She soon finds that her faith in her new Vérité friends and the ideals they believe in will be stretched to the absolute limit as she struggles to find her place.
