He knows how to project convincing holograms of anything using implants that he has in him. Peter is described in the book as a sociopath, but Armitage still tries hard to make him join his team because he believes that Riviera will be a valuable asset as he has one more, and probably the most valuable of his skills. His name is Peter Riviera and Armitage wanted him for his skills, he is an artist, a great thief, but also a drug addict which does make him a bit hard to be around at times. Their investigation uncovers more and more about Armitage but the team still continues to do the jobs assigned to them and they meet another character who gets added to the team while they were in Istanbul. Just know that the story gets more and more complex as you meet more characters and find out more about the ones already in the story. We won’t spoil the details about all of those things as you can find out about all of that as you read the book. They discover what his former identity was, where he worked at, and what they find is starting to make a lot of sense with the plot that he is currently working on. The job goes smoothly and Henry and Molly continue their secret investigation of Armitage as even Molly doesn’t know what his true intentions are and they really want to find out. Henry and Molly develop a close relationship as they go on their first mission, they are tasked with stealing a ROM module that contains the saved memory and mind of one of Henry’s former mentors, McCoy Pauley, a legendary cyber cowboy who goes by the nickname Dixie Flatline. There is a catch, however, if Henry doesn’t complete the task on time, Armitage promises him that he can easily reverse what the cure has done.Īfter Henry’s body is repaired, he is offered his first job and is briefed on what needs to be done. Henry doesn’t even think twice before he accepts as he badly wanted to be healthy again. She takes him to her boss, a character called Armitage who offers Henry something that he had been wishing for since he was almost killed.Īrmitage says that he can cure Henry if he agrees to help him with a project of his that is need of Henry’s expertise. She shows up out of nowhere in a moment when Henry was in desperate need of saving. You could say that his luck turns when he is saved by a girl named Molly. Now, he is a low-level hustler barely trying to survive who is on the run from a dangerous drug lord and things are looking very bad for Henry. However, that was his life before his whole world turned to chaos and changed for the worst after a few people who were seeking revenge poisoned Henry with a mycotoxin and badly damaged his nervous system, leaving him scarred and crippled.

Henry is described as one of the sharpest minds in the hacker community and his specialty is stealing data.

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