In Indonesia, an American gaming engineer is coerced into parting with cutting edge Artificial Intelligence software. But in the wrong hands, it could wreak havoc . . . A garbled message from his old friend Father Pat West warns President Jack Ryan of an impending technology crisis - and that Father Pat is in deadly danger. With the Campus on the trail of the potentially destructive computer programme, Jack races to save his friend. And time is running out, because his opponents back in Washington D. C. are itching for any opportunity for sabotage - could treason be brewing? As the network of theft and deception grows ever more tangled, a sinister plot is taking shape. ,Provided by publisher.