The company founded by Conrad Stallman, Red Eye is developing a contact lens that can show visions of one's memory, more complete than what the mind can remember. Just before the Beta 2 version is to be released, Red Eye's lead scientist Elise Perrot is found dead in the laboratory in what on the surface appears to be a suicide. The investigation is being led by Detective Thomas Elliot, who has a "history" in terms of his police work well known among its ranks. He eventually recruits the assistance of Margo Elson, Elise's friend and colleague in she having a better handle both on Elise and her recent state of mind and the technicalities of their work on Red Eye. If they can discover what happened to Elise, they will find that it is an us against them war with regard to Red Eye and what the them want to accomplish with it. If Margo and Thomas remain on the us side, they may befall the same fate as Elise, but in a manner true to their memories.—Huggo