Cyberneurology is a wonderful technology. Now we have the ability to save our memories and personalities onto our own personalized computer through the state of the art procedure we all know as "mind capture". This infinitely safe procedure has given us all the opportunity to go beyond our bodies and enjoy a full life after we inevitably have to leave them. So come, my friend, and let us explore the wonders of your new life and the joys of Mind Capture, a perfection of science we can all enjoy togeth-toget-toge--zzzt...

I do so hate those advertisements. Oh, you're a new one, aren't you? Come here. I'll show you what happens when something unknown crosses that beautiful line. Something great. Something you could never conceive of. Come...Come here...now!

The cyberneurology unit at Mary’s Mercy is one of the finest in the country. That used to be a more distinctive title, when the fledgling science had had its bugs and failures. Now, even this ability to change the nature of a human’s life was becoming blasé and monotonous. The patients, often privileged, rich, and elderly, were beginning to blend together for Dr. Jeffery Langas. But the new case that has just fallen into his lap is unique. It will demand his full attention. And it will soon demand much more.