By WT Quick
First Published: 1989
“She stepped closer and took a needle from a silver tray and pricked the tip of the girl’s forefinger. A dot of blood welled there, round and shiny. The girl stared at the blood. ‘That didn’t hurt, did it?’ The nurse shook her head. She felt the anesthetic take effect. Now her arm was numb as butchered meat below the elbow. ‘Good. Pain is unnecessary to many things,’ the Lady said. She put the needle down on the tray and picked up a scalpel. She looked at the blade and lowered her head. After a moment of prayer she raised the scalpel and began to work. The nurse screamed and screamed.”

A hi-tech science fiction adventure featuring the latest creation of artificial intelligence, Arius, who seizes control of the world’s top corporations. No one stood a chance of holding back the mad god except Iceberg Berg, the tech wizard, but Berg was missing.