In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them, control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI: the Net Force.A Union Jack appearing oncomputer screens all over the world is just a harbinger of the danger tocome. As cyberspace is thrown into chaos, several computer expertssuffer strokes while hunting the deadly hacker in virtual reality. Oneof them is the Net Force's own Jay Gridley. And now the Net Forceoperatives must track down a man capable of cracking every computer codein the world-and pitting nation against nation.