The second part of the trilogy, which also included “Soft Machine” and “Nova Express”. Agent Lee continues to fight the sinister organization “Gang Nova”, which is developing methods of secret control over human consciousness. The cut-up technique, invented by Burroughs, “cutting fragments”, with which he wrote his novels, had a huge influence on the formation of the cyberpunk genre and inspired dozens popular artists, from David Bowie to Iggy Pop and Brian Eno.