Alexander Roth-Sterling built Sterling-Nakamura from a regional bank into one of GLMZ's most powerful corponations. He was ruthless, brilliant, and terrified…

…legislation, and then became a synthetic being herself. She uploaded her consciousness in 2171 when cancer gave her six months to live. The technology was experimental.…

…Liu didn't upload to extend her power or escape death. She uploaded because her family asked her to. The Liu family — three generations living in a Shelf residential b…

Harlan Cross was dying. Pancreatic cancer, Stage 4, no treatment viable. He was also the most powerful member of Axiom's board of directors, and he refused t…

…n. Zheng-Dao's interrogation AI couldn't break her. So they uploaded her, ripped her consciousness out of her body and into digital space where there are no physical li…

Patient Zero is the oldest uploaded consciousness in existence — and the most degraded. Uploaded in 2141 using primitive techniques, Pa…

Sergeant Major Tanaka didn't choose to be uploaded. She was fatally wounded during a corporate border conflict, and Arcturus uploaded her consciousnes…

…terests. David-1 does data analysis. David-2 counsels other uploaded consciousnesses. David-3 creates digital art. David-4 advocates for upload rights. David-5 meditate…

Alejandro Reyes didn't upload all at once. He uploaded himself incrementally — a neural pattern here, a memory there, a skill set this year, an emotional…

Martin Cross was a monster in the flesh. In digital form, he's worse. The court that sentenced him to digital imprisonment thought they were creating the ult…