Watch
Book 2 of WWW
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Words:
95771
Flesch:
82.89
DDC:
813.54
FAST Tags:
Teenage girls,
Friendship,
Artificial intelligence,
World Wide Web,
Implants; Artificial,
National security,
Teenagers with visual disabilities,
Administrative agencies
LCC:
PR9199.3.S2533
LC Genre:
Literature>American and Canadian>Fiction>20th Century>1945-1999
Book Details
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Description:
Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to “see” the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and woke it up. It calls itself Webmind. It is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of Watch—the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States whether foreign, domestic, or online—and they’re fully aware of Caitlin’s involvement in its awakening. Watch is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind’s capacity for compassion—and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend…