Dust and Tachi are international data thieves who have just stolen the world's first, truly sentient artificial intelligence. Now all they have to do is live long enough to sell it. But between the elite of cyborg assassins, a rebel hacker cabal who want the A.I. for their own ends and the A.I.'s own quest for identity, it's going to take every trick Dust and Tachi know to stay one step ahead, finish the job and get paid.