Project Otawi, hidden away in the mountains of New Mexico from public knowledge or scrutiny, under the banner of Los Alamos Nation Laboratory, has undertaken the most ambitious technical goal in history: augmenting the power of the human brain with digital electronics, the marriage of neuron to computer chip. The promised offspring of that union are cures for neuro-degerative diseases like Alzheimer's, language learning in days or weeks, avenues to greater emotional and physical health, even enhancement of intellect beyond that of the greatest minds who've ever lived. But Otawi, a program full of genius, has its dark side, a side fullof intrigue, pride, vanity, and lust. That dark side carries implications that could rock the entire foundation of American government, and indeed, Western Culture. A few tenuous hints of that sinister aspect formed an unlikely alliance: the sheriff of Los Alamos County, a graduate student working in the unclassified part of Otawi, and a man whose wife had fallen victim to the projedt's ambitious leadership. This alliance takes on the challenge of exposing the dark side of Otawi to the light of justice.