Alton Fitzhum is a brilliant computer scientist who creates a revolutionary computer program to protect the Internet. He wants to keep cyberspace free of influence and exploitation from those who would use it for evil. His only problem? His pet program goes rogue and it begins to act independently. Suddenly, people from ordinary high school hackers to government spies begin to die horrible deaths. Drawn in to help, Rory Mack Steele finds himself pitted against a formidable foe that can be everywhere, see everything and reach beyond cyberspace to kill.