Gilles has learned that the Terra Array of satellites is riddled with A-AIs – Autonomous Artificial Intelligences. When the satellites come online, the AAIs will be able to seize control of all earthly computation: stock markets, military systems – everything. Gilles races to find a way to prevent it, but will he be in time?

Gilles' incarceration comes to an end even as his story does. He is faced with a chilling – and ironic – decision.