Peter Grant is facing fatherhood and an uncertain future with equal amounts of panic and
enthusiasm. Rather than sit around he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius
Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the
orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout' Peter must learn how to blend in with people
who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job Peter thinks it should
be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son. Because Terrence
Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada
Lovelace and Charles Babbage and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret
that is just as magical as it technological - and just as dangerous.
