In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into
computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach
is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate
the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the
Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part odyssey, part tragedy, part riff on the nature of consciousness.
In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into
computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach
is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate
the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the
Fulgur Corporation...