Synopsis: Dangerous gaps in the 'Net - A secret binds the colonists of HuteNamid,a secret for which they will risk everything - even genocide. Admiral Loren Cantrell, insystem to investigate disruptions in the vital interstellar data 'Net, has only one clue: the code phrase Dena Cocheta. And only one source of information: Stephen Ridenour, the tormented, neurotic, and increasingly hostile young genius assigned to solve HuteNamid's mysteries. The answers Cantrell seeks lie buried in Stephen's own tragic past. Is there a link between the madness that destroyed his homeworld and the growing insanity that grips HuteNamid? Probing Stephen's mind could destroy him and the colonists - perhaps all humankind. But one young man's life and the existence of one colony weigh very little against a threat to the 'Net itself - and the powers that command Cantrell. (from the back cover of the Warner Books first edition)