A SILICON MAN PREQUELTHE LINE BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE HAS BEEN CROSSED...AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK. A serial killer stalks the city of the future… Hunting the people who build the machines. And it's up to a cop and an AI to unravel a terrible conspiracy. The world is still reeling form the devastation of the Omega Virus and struggling to rebuild. A growing android workforce has given rise to the Human Defense League and anti-AI sentiment is at an all-time high.Adam, one of the first of the new X-3000 models, arrives into this hostile future. Field-tested on the Luna colonies, now assigned to Earth, Adam is paired with homicide detective Jane Malveaux, who has little patience for synthetics.Before long both Malveaux and Adam must cast aside their differences and join forces to solve a case that will test both man and machine. Note: This prequel can be read before or after Silicon Man.