Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer continues his "wildly though- provoking" science fiction saga of a sentient World Wide Web. Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH-the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States-and they're fully aware of Caitlin's involvement in its awakening. WATCH is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion-and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend.

羅伯特·索耶（Robert J.Sawyer）是加拿大最有影響力的科幻作傢。已齣版17部長篇科幻小說，屢獲雨果奬、星雲奬等多種科幻奬項，被譽為加拿大科幻教長。索耶的科幻小說涉及多種主題，從電腦狂魔、恐龍復活、時間旅行，到平行時空、太空偵探，想像奇偉，異彩紛呈。索耶的代錶作除《金羊毛》外，還包括《計算中的上帝》、《終極實驗》、《恐龍文明三部麯》（《遠望》、《化石獵人》、《異族》）、《星叢》、《原始人類》和《混血》等。

Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa and lives just outside of Toronto, Canada. He has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. Visit his Website at www.sfwriter.com.