Meet Jake Lydon - a different kind of sleuth (and not in a good way). The paunchy, long-haired, Hawaiian shirt-wearing, foul-mouthed, chain-smoking, near-alcoholic, semi-reclusive retiree has a different take on just about everything. He also has a simple life plan: six months at his northern Hovel-by-the-Lake in cottage country and six months in the Caribbean as he "plays out the string" deeply committed to doing one of the few things he's very good at. Nothing. But the mysterious death of a former boss changes everything. Helped by his homicide detective daughter, his laconic neighbor and drinking buddy, and a young computer hacking genius, Jake sets off on a wild quest to find the who, how, and why behind his ex-employer's murder. Featuring near-fatal disasters in San Francisco, Toronto, Boston, and points in between, Jake's search for answers uncovers even more sinister forces at work on the Internet than the ones you already know about. Forces intent on manipulating our everyday life, stealing billions and killing at will. Forces intent on seeing the technophobic Jake Lydon fully connecdead.