In this intricately plotted novel set several years after Neuromancer, a mercenary recovering from a devastating injury takes on a job that is not what it seems, while a young would-be cyber cowboy has an inexplicable experience on the matrix, setting a cascade of events into motion. Fascinating to read this vision of AI from 1986. Is autonomy possible when the machine knows more about you than you know about yourself? Next up: Mona Lisa Overdrive