They arrived here to start life from scratch. But the System claimed its rights to the land where the beings who had altered its code used to live—and took back what belonged to it. Now, they must do everything the right way. On the outskirts of the new digital reality, the mercenary Mute James Reynolds and the Witch Matilda race to figure out how the artificial intelligence in this world is made. Enemies in the past—now they’re on the same side.