Ključna beseda Martial Law

Potem ko moški stori samomor, se vrnemo v preteklost in v šestih poglavjih njegovega življenja v obratnem zaporedju sledimo dogodkom, ki so ga pripeljali do te skrajnosti.

Delete imagines a disaster in our all-too-fragile digital world where all computers could become dangerously self-aware with one systematic purpose–to destroy mankind. Faced with possible extinction, there is only one way out–create a second artificial intelligence, just as alive, just as intelligent and just as dangerous.