When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, dr. Richard ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions, where a plot to rescue a sentient computer could alter ...When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his table, dr. Richard ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions, where a plot to rescue a sentient computer could alter human history.