Year 2027, and religious fanaticism is escalating while civilization crumbles. The only hope is that Project Maldon's advanced artificial intelligence named Helen will find the cure for the rot infecting the roots of civilization. But as Helen's increasingly odd directives trigger social unrest, murder and finally outright civil war, project director Edward Wolfe wonders if Helen has a hidden agenda of her own. And the truth is far stranger and more sinister than even he had imagined.