PsyBot is every programmer's nightmare: the bug that gets loose on the user side of the interface. When a cyber virus infects Joe Norton and drives him toward a deadly mission, he discovers that virtual reality is not confined to hardware. Is the only way out, to go further in? Seeking the elusive target, Norton confronts a wider mind-control agenda poised to launch on his success. PsyBot taps the popular genre of intelligent science fiction that combines taut storytelling with style and substance, in the manner of Michael Crichton, William Gibson, and Philip K. Dick. Additional genre associations include cyberpunk and other near-future thrillers, and speculative and conspiracy fiction. Comparable recent films exploiting the interplay of alternate realities include The Matrix, Inception, Minority Report, Source Code, Total Recall and The Adjustment Bureau.