by Sonya Blanck (Author)

The Ziggurat, Hive Technologies' headquarters, sits at the summit of the island city of Aden, looming over the flooded quarter of the refugee Shlimi minority. 'Super-AI' Helen surveils all corners of Aden with myriad Eyes, sitting astride the minds and in the mixed-reality specs of brain-synched girls known as 'bees'.

One bee is about to blink.