Yes, it's about control.
The most advanced city in the world can give its citizens almost anything.
and take nearly everything.
Long ago, the people of New Aberdeen, Maryland traded control for convenience, safety, and security.
They're about to lose all three.
The city's AI-controlled traffic system is failing with catastrophic results and a dead man, tortured and strangled, has washed up on the bank of the Bush River.
Anger, revenge, and madnes.