Orphan Lauren grew up in the slums, reading her copy of the underground "Book of Jane" over and over again, savoring every word of the story. But Lauren is not Jane. Sensible and wise to life on the street, Lauren would never have been carried away by a man made of metal; she had never been aroused by a humanoid machine, even if created specifically to give pleasure. However, when the META corporation does the unthinkable and releases an updated version of the robots of that same line, Lauren realizes that it’s just I have to see Silver. And just like Jane, she falls in love at first sight. But Silver is now called Verlis. If before he was an ideal, now he is like a deity. And yet he is more human than his creator believes. Unable to bring herself to fully trust him, Lauren follows her twice-born lover in his struggle for control of his own destiny.