Becker Drane, a fixer, is sent into the Department of Time after a bomb exploded, but the damage is so great that Becker begins to question his abilities, as well as his faith in The Seems ; the company responsible for building the world.

Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.

An investigation into the death of a beautiful young woman in a new Japanese conglomerate leads through a maze of industrial intrigue in which American technology is the prize.

Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.