In Neo Babylon, your neural implant is your identity. You use it as your credit card, to surf the Altnet, to chat with friends, to login to work or school, and to be pestered by advertisements. Anyone without one is cut off from society. Nick can't get a neural implant. His daily life is an obstacle course, but he soon realizes that he's almost invisible to the city's omnipresent tracking. Without a neural presence, he's someone who is felt...