Kael barely survives a data heist when a lethal adaptive AI tears through his crew. Darknet rumours say that AI got upgraded into something called Neon Veil. The trail leads to Neon Babylon, where he crosses paths with Kaeda, a dancer owned by corporate indentured debt but lethal enough to survive. Together, they uncover the true nature of the Veil, a digital predator spreading through networks, whispering through Kael’s neural implant and promising power in exchange for a host. Kael and Kaeda join Selene, the White Witch, a netrunner with hidden loyalties, and Rin, a hard-hitting enforcer who’s done taking orders. They fight to stop the Veil before it burrows too deep and takes too much.