The story unfolds in an alternative New Chicago of the 1970s, in the first Internet city, where all the services, facilities and the lives of the citizens are now fully functioning as part of a global network. Thus he who controls the network controls of the whole city.
A cynical ambitious young detective arrives in New Chicago in the thick of the Mayor election race, and the tension is just going to mount: one of the candidates, who is also the network creator, is killed. This is the first move in a bloody game where the whole city is at state.