One thing was clear . . . if Faust gained Jason's skills along with the technology of the new nannites, the world would change. And not for the better. Powerful Techs might be the key to destroying Faust's plans, but could they intervene? If it were possible to engage with them, would they destroy Jason, too? It didn't help, or even make sense, that Jason found himself attracted to one of these hybrids, but then life as he'd known it...