By Syne Mitchell
First Published: 2002
In a near future where almost all of earth is connected to a worldwide net, Jasmine Resse is a data miner for the Infotech corporation. When Jasmine uncovers the existence of an intelligence called Gestalt–a self-aware entity generated by the collected consciousness of eight billion networked people–suddenly she finders herself cut off and left disconnected. Unable to function in a society in which all human interaction takes place on the Net, Jasmine because aware of just how much controls the Gestalt has over everything and everyone around her…and only Jaz can stop it.