Brooklyn psychiatrist Ajay Rao is frustrated at work and lonely at home, but boredom vanishes when he is hired to psychoanalyze an unusual client: an artificial intelligence. Through an unexpected meeting with a stranger, he discovers his involvement in a deadly plot and is forced to flee. From Montreal to Mexico to Mumbai, aided by a beautiful woman, he must confront the menacing digital intelligence whose logic has twisted into hatred. Byte is a tightly written technothriller. A long-dead sibling is the key to a weapon that threatens the entire Internet, and villains shift alliances in a satisfying puzzle that will keep you guessing until the end.