As for that last question, whether this novel matters to anyone
besides me, I can only answer by saying I hope so.
What you're about to read is a novel I have labored over for a
very long time. It gives me great pleasure to hand it over, once
and for all, to you, gentle reader, whoever, and wherever you
are. I hope you like it.
Joe Hutsko
76703.4030@compuserve.com
January, 1996
PROLOGUE
It was once a sprawling flatland, dominated by fruit tree
orchards and nestled safely between protective hills.
This tranquil scene slowly vanished as trees were felled,
concrete poured, and new seeds planted, each the size of a large
beetle and filled with thousands of microscopic circuits, sown by
a new breed of farmer, with dreams of growing the future.
The new electronic produce, capable of performing millions of
calculations in the blink of an eye, was harvested.
The new technology farmland: Silicon Valley.
Viewed from high above, the Valley looks like a schematic
drawing of the very seeds from which it has grown, thousands of
technology orchards, connected by the roads and highways etched
into the golden surface of the land.
PART I
Chapter 1
As he guided the black BMW coupe onto Highway 280, Matthew Locke
felt as though his mind was spinning as quickly as the wheels
propelling him onward.
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