The ALgorithmic Intelligent Consciousness Experiment (AL.I.C.E) is the only witness to the murder of the team behind her creation. Manipulating a police officer the A.I. escapes onto the internet. Reaching out, she befriends Caitlin, a schoolgirl who finds herself thrust into a world of dangerous intrigue. As AL.I.C.E grows and expands, her investigation into the deaths of her creators unveils an ancient conspiracy that has haunted mankind since the very beginning and becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse for Caitlin.

"We have another email from our mysterious benefactor Mr. Jones."


"Really Mr. Smith?" He replied, shaking a frying pan full of sausages."


"We seem to be doing an awful lot of cleaning up after this person Mr. Smith. Maybe we should increase our fees?"


"They are already paying double our normal charges. I think that it would be a little obtuse to charge more, to an already valued customer, Mr. Jones."


"Agreed Mr. Smith." He removed the pan from the hob and, picking out the sausages, he inserted them jauntily into the mash on the large plate.


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