In the wake of a mega-earthquake in 2027 Japan, the virtual-reality entertainment empire Satori Corporation attempts to rescue thousands of people trapped in virtual worlds, including the ten-year-old son of professor Frank Gobi. Reprint.

Follows the devastating effects of a virus spawned by means of the Internet on a future world fraught with rival virtual reality operating systems

It is 2038 and Wing Fat, head of a biotech drug cartel, is siphoning off vital chi essence from enslaved humans. Bootleg chi products flood the world's black markets but even Wing Fat can't have everything. Father and son virtual reality investigators, Frank and Trevor, will make sure of it.