How do you keep a dead man from being murdered? Business bigwig Hayasaka might be dead, but he keeps turning up walking and talking, and Section 9 agents need to find out whether he’s being remotely “puppeted” and whether those pulling the strings—like the mysterious Takoaka of the Institute of Technology—are the same people trying to control access to Pandora, a vast digital treasure trove of information of the most sensitive—and dangerous—nature.