Book II of Sprawl. A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he’s recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D – and the biochip he’s perfected – out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties—some of whom aren’t remotely human…Cover art by Steve Stone.