For the crime lords of Cleveland Hub, Artificial Intelligence is the most powerful and dangerous weapon in existence, one they'll pay for in blood and Nanos. Smuggling an AI is the most lucrative of all runs, and Eli is amongst the most trusted of runners. When everything goes wrong on the delivery, the Masterkey AI he's carrying becomes intertwined with his neural network. Thus begins a desperate race to either find a way to extract it or to find a replacement. Should he fail, the buyers will hunt Eli and his friends down. And in this world, there are some fates worse than death.