Stross, Charles

Three generations of the Macx clan struggle to survive in a future dominated by biotechnological beings who have surpassed the limits of human intellect and left humans almost extinct.

Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crime Investigation Unit, responsible for monitoring the Internet in 2023, is drawn into an international investigation after three ex-cons, united only by criminal records for spamming and a taste for unorthodox erotica, are murdered in Italy, Germany, and Scotland.