The Sentience Machine
by Graham Storrs
Once again, PI Rik Sylver and the uploaded thief Rivers Valdinger become unlikely allies as they track down the perpetrator of a series of crimes against the transhumans of Omega Point. Quickly finding themselves caught in a web of lies, misdirection, prejudice, deadly danger, and high-level corruption, they stumble towards a shocking discovery that neither of them could have foreseen.