It is the 26th century. alfred, known as theta 7b to the solar solutions corporation, is a zetter who debugs and solves computer issues by logging in mentally to a computer system. he navigates the circuits with his mind. zetting is addictive and dangerous, but a huge rush. alfred lives and works on the run-down florida station, a space station orbiting jupiter, controlled by the solar solutions corporation. alfred discovers dangerous problems with the network during a zet. it leads him down a path that will endanger everything he holds dear as he figures out what is going wrong on florida station. it leads him to people he dreads and places that he fears. he must contact people from the other great corporation, the collective zone. he has to fight to maintain his sanity. he has to maintain hope. never underestimate the power, and the danger, of hope.