By Charles Platt
First Published: 1996
Five centuries into a future. Semi-intelligent computers have formed a unique, symbiotic relationship with humanity, creating an interstellar utopia at the price of human freedom. Trained to evaluate computer errors, Tom McCray serves as the Protektor to a pacifistic system that serves the entire known universe, but a band of hardcore cyberpsychos sabotage the system by turning virtual reality inside-out.

Protektor explore the ultimate implications of virtual reality and artificial intelligence with high drama and an in-depth understanding of the technology.