"A corporate aristocracy descended from Africa rules a colony on a distant planet. Life here is easy-for the rarified and privileged few. The aristocrats enjoy a powerful cybernetic technology that extends their life spans and ensures their prosperity. Those who serve them suffer under a heavy hand. But within this ruthless society are agents of hope and change. In a secret underwater laboratory, a separatist cult has created a threat to the aristocracy....

"When your new employer tasks you with investigating the first successful mass shooting in twelve years, it's understandable to be nervous. Fortunately, detective-in-training Cowan Soto has a Personal Brain Assistant-a cybernetic implant-that allows him to firewall pesky emotions like worry and guilt and redact memories of bullet-riddled corpses. Unfortunately, Cowan soon learns it was his suspect's PBA which allowed a ruthless hacker to puppet her...