For anyone starting this series and wondering what the heck is going on - all will be revealed in time. 'Anna the Caterpillar' will give you a solid grounding, with subsequent stories building on each other and drawing you into the amazingly complex world of Gen13.

The message to take from this story is that there's at least one common factor between genetically enhanced humans and machine intelligences in android form. When it comes to your friends and comrades, there's no such thing as 'acceptable losses'.

Okay, I admit it: I'd never heard of Gen13 until I read your profile page. This is a hell of a start, though! I can't wait to get into the rest of them (following the chronology you outline on your page, of course.)