In the 23rd century, people create "agents" that inhabit, respond, and act in cyberspace without human direction. What happens when a genius psychopathic killer crafts a malevolent agent and plants it on a generational starship?

Axon loves his tech support job in NooSpace, a virtual world where players create anything they want. But when he solves a virtual break-in and uncovers a conspiracy, the criminals come after him and his family in real life.