It all started when Georgina Powers had sex with an interviewee-the first time ever in a ten-year career in journalism-in a hotel room high above the Hudson River. But what could have been a forgettable quickie becomes a shaming obsession-and worse: a deadly stimulus for an ice-cold killer. Faced with virtual-reality porn programs which feature stolen images of herself and a sadist's dreams, Georgina risks her own life in a world driven mad by its own inventions.