Iniquitously, but perhaps understandably, a form of mechanical apartheid' is now in place - embraced with particular enthusiasm in Prague, where Jensen now lives.Īfter a prologue mission in Dubai, which deviates worryingly from its plan, the storyline begins to assemble itself, in all its multi-layered glory.
We learn that the world's current sorry state derives from an incident two years earlier, when a computer virus-style infection temporarily sent the world's 'augs' (as in 'augmentations') on a rampage that left vast numbers of ordinary humans dead.
