In the Cryogenic Laboratory of the Masdon Science Center (London unit), a team led by cryobiologist Emma Porlock is on the verge of reviving the memories from a deep-frozen human head: Daniel Feeld's head, preserved in liquid nitrogen since his death in 1994. The team's moral dilemma has to do with whether they have merely tapped into stored memories, or actually reawakened Feeld's person - his volition. They conclude, wrongly, that they have only recovered memories.Halfway around the world in Los Angeles, aged corporate chief Martina Matilda Masdon is discussing a profit-increasing strategy for the recreational-drugs division of her empire with virtual-reality media tycoon David Siltz, who himself has just realized the entertainment potential of real memories recovered from a brain dating back to near-antiquity.In this mid-24th century world, nothing is safe, everything is polluted (literally and figuratively), and the universal commodification begun 400 years earlier has reached its
FyodorGlazunov kills Andrew Milton in rage at his murder of Kaya, and Emma accepts the offer of David Siltzto provide unlimited fundingfora a laboratory in return forthe right to broadcast the memories of Daniel Feeld on his entertainment network.
Daniel Feeld 's frozen head has been stolen from the cryogenics laboratory at the Masdon Science Centre by media mogul David Siltz and scientist Emma Porlock. Back in the laboratory the scientists realise that Daniel has some self awareness.
