After spending 4 years in cryogenic stasis for crimes he is certain he did not commit, Jake Cardigan is mysteriously released. Finding himself lost in a world that has changed since his incarceration, Jake tries to put his life back together. His wife and son are gone, or in hiding, and Jake fights the strong urge to self-medicate using a digital drug called Tek. Offered a job to locate a missing...
Jake Cardigan's quest to piece together his fractured life continues in the first part of the series' second story arc. Jake's plans are interrupted when a new, deadlier strain of Tek called "Grease" is infecting robots, threatening the Central Net. Reluctant to help, Jake's hand is forced when he must choose between finding his true memories and saving the Avatar Beth Kittridge from the Tek...