11 I worked my way through my recording of my phishing expedition through the BTS phone network.... 12 I woke with a pounding headache. The room was blurry. A wall of gray lace blocked my view of the room.... 13 I reestablished my link to the network using a path even more complicated than before, though I still terminated in the Red Square switch....

10 The City is an organism made of over a quarter billion people....

8 Days passed as I recovered the tools I needed from the brotherhood forums.... 9 "Leo has Nona," Fahran said, as he brought me my evening meal....

7 Hacking is much like being a spy....

5 I was playing with the Opemipo-null when Fahran entered.... 6 So I lied to them. I hadn't seen Nona since I spotted her through the security cameras over a week before....

1 My life became a series of dark rooms; windows painted over, ever-present dust, never a gleam of sunlight or breath of wind. My only companion the flickering glow of the Opemipo-null in my glasses.... 2 Lentils. Lentils and eggs.... 3 "You are awake. Good." The speaker had a strange voice.... 4 I attended St. O'hea's School for Boys from pre-school through the completion of my matriculation exams, but never thought of myself as religious....