A wildly successful innovator to rival Steve Careers or Elon Musk, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. Within the eve of her most significant achievement, she tries to outrun folks who are trying to grab her success. In the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, she sets her ultimate plan into motion. A terrifying instant later, she is catapulted through space and time for you to a far upcoming where she confronts a future stranger and even more deadly than she could ever imagine. The finish of time is certainly ruled by an ancient, effective Empress who blesses or blasts entire planets with a single thought. Rebellion is literally difficult to consider–until Vivian Liao happens. Trapped between the Pride-a ravening horde of sentient machines-and a fanatical sect of warrior monks who contact themselves the Mirrorfaith, Viv must rally a strange band of allies to confront the Empress and find a way back to the world and existence she left out.