Marie exhales with relief, free of Vargas. But then he's there, watching, chasing her. Paranoia or reality? Gar attends an artificial intelligence conference in a remote Japanese village and narrowly escapes death, twice. Other AI programmers weren't so lucky, murdered, with Vargas the only suspect. Has artificial intelligence become a Pandora's Box? Gar and Marie travel secretly to Patagonia in search of ethical and legal answers. Unfortunately, they don't have the luxury of time to fully evaluate what they find. They must act quickly before it's too late. The Professor's Coup d'état brings a fast-paced chase for the truth where the political future of South America hangs in the balance. Only their bold moves can control the AI beast.