Description: In the near future, all human interaction takes place on the Net. Nerve-induction jewelry keeps people connected 24/7. The Net provides access to global information, entertainment, and instant communication. Loneliness is a thing of the past, and so is privacy.Jasmine Reese is a Net data miner for Infotech, retrieving information from people's thoughts and words to benefit her clients. But when her data mask malfunctions, she's left disconnected, unable to function in a society that doesn't acknowledge her existence outside the Net.Thrust into the "real" world, surrounded by the homeless and the unemployed, Jaz becomes an outcast. But she also discovers her senses are more acute, her thinking more alert. And she slowly becomes aware of the strange, eerily coordinated behavior of the connected around her. And then she receives a cryptic warning from one of the disconnected: "The Beast is watching you..."

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