i really enjoyed reading this book, the characters were great and I really loved the mystery that was going on. It really kept me guessing from beginning to the end.

The seeming suicide of a partner in his law firm propels Paul Mc Daniel into intrigue well above his pay grade. Paul is now first chair in a complicated patent struggle that has been in the courts and was heading to a longer battle until a Supreme Court ruling undermined a back street deal and brought a victory and complications to his firm unbeknownst to him.. His victory gave him a partnership he had longed for and a look into the world of patents and AI (artificial intelligence) that required a crash course in survival. The first lesson was learning who to trust and while the learning curve was steep a few characters evolved from good to bad to maybe good again. Paul stumbles on Agent Grey and his future begins to look up even when he finds himself on the hook for three murders. Through it all Ariel the namesake of the AI project always seems to be ahead of the situation and willing to not only help Paul, but makes him see the truth once and for all. But as with all things the truth not only sets people free it obligates them in the most surprising way. At the heart is the age old question how much knowledge is too much Where is the line to be drawn in search of the future or at the knee of it in supplication.