<p>14  The Red Square was packed. Three bartenders worked the bar, two waitresses slipped among the patrons. Georgian Industrial Fuzz blasted out of the speakers, blocking the sound of the City....  15  I walked through the crowds on Tbilisi Avenue, past Mazniasvili’s Pharmacy where bright neon announced, ‘Fully Licensed Pharmaker. SAN, Pfizer-Johnson, Roche-Michelin, Bayer. We fill all scripts.’...  </p>

Firmware: Hijacked Episode 10

In the City, a thriving metropolis encompassing a third of a billion souls, a man can change his world as easily as crossing the street.

It is a place of a million cultures, the world in microcosm.

For some it is their last hope for survival. For others it is their playground.

And for others it is their hunting ground.

Isaac Sarason is a talented hacker. A Doctor of Applied Network Theory, trusted employee of British Telecom-Sprint, he lives in a world which ninety percent of his fellow citizens can only imagine, and he has a problem.

His health is failing, his job is on the line, his world is crumbling around him.

He wants out, and the street is his only escape.

What happens when the life you dreamt of is killing you?

What do you do when you find yourself Hijacked?

First Serialized on Colbyjack.net.