Mid twenty-second century. A triumph of scientific progress, information technology, practically free food and the high cost of everything else. The government, hiding behind good intentions, is constantly looking for new means of control over society. Corporations have more weapons, people and equipment than government troops. A popular punishment for crime has become the irreversible process of adjusting consciousness. Don't like it, want to keep your identity? Then go service the droids in the uranium mines! The crime rate has never been lower. But even in this calm time, there are those who want to break the Law. Max Bohr, a police major in New Samara with a reputation as a merciless cop, is investigating a series of unusual murders committed through the World Wide Web. Absolutely anyone anywhere in the world can become a victim; there is no protection from this, since the Network is everywhere. During the investigation, he will have to watch how a quiet and calm city quickly plunges into the abyss of violence and chaos. The chain of events has already been launched, and very soon it will drown the city in rivers of blood. If Max does not find the killers, then the whole world will follow New Samara. So, the revolution begins...