Studious, socially conscious Emerson Watts learns startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark corporation.
Argues that disturbing corporate practices are commercializing childhood and disempowering parents and governments at predatory levels, citing the negative effects of mainstream practices while outlining concrete changes.
Traces the development of the corporate form of business over the course of one thousand years, and uses a wealth of examples to show the major characteristics, governing rules and regulations, operation, and future of the corporation.
In the near future, soldier Kelly Roman ends up working for businessman Sun Tzu to find The Prince, who ordered his brother's murder and is seeking black hole technology.
In a world dominated by an evil corporation, an organization called the Deck, in which the staff is named after suits such as Hearts and Diamonds, deals out justice while Six of Hearts, their best operative, does his work without killing anybody.