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...
It all comes down to this. After all the schemes, all the Machiavellian plotting, Jake Cardigan finds himself alone on a corporate satellite 365 miles above the Earth. As Jake unravels the mysteries behind the virus that is ravaging Meks and humans alike, the answers force him to face questions about his own past and his own destiny.