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In Toivo, connection is a necessity. Nearly everyone is Plugged-fitted with a neural Piece behind the ear that streams emotions, regulates behaviour, and reports every impulse to the corporations that govern the city. With a Piece, you are safe, predictable, and easily controlled. Without one, you are an unknown variable-and therefore a threat.

Tycho is one of the last Basics, people who refuse implantation and cling to privacy in a world that has outlawed it in all but name. Shut out from d...