Use and Limitations of Technology

Technology is a huge part of daily life for many people. Many characters of this novel are highly focused on technology as their main source of income. One of the lessons in this story is that technology has limitations and sometimes fails to produce the desired results.

Travis Devine is relatively new at his job at Cowl and Comely when a woman named Sara Ewes is murdered. Devine receives an anonymous email announcing her death. His past relationship with Ewes prompts him to look more closely into her death, and he feels that email is an important clue. Devine does not have the technical ability to figure out where the email came from, so he turns to his roommate. Will Valentine is a Russian who works as a hacker testing security systems for large companies. Valentine takes on the challenge because the...