Boston University's beloved poetry professor Josh Parker stumbles upon a double murder at MIT's secret Facets Project facility after a string of bizarre burglaries and deaths in university artificial intelligence laboratories around the world. A cryptic message, written in blood, and a single shoeprint launch the retired CIA analyst, Josh Parker on his way to Bariloche, Argentina in search of the killers. At the same time, a European cable car falls and sends seven passengers to their deaths in a failed Facets Project experiment. Rogue German State Police and CIA abduct and try to kill NATO...