Degree of Resistance

A perfect society hiding a terrible secret. A betrayed man condemned to mindless slavery. A woman determined to set him free. Freelance tech Evie Contreras belongs to the Employee class of the Pacifica Protectorate, the "perfect society" that rose from the ruins of the United States. But Evie knows about Pacifica's festering core and the secrets that keep it in power. And when she discovers that Pacifica has turned her fiance Ben into a cyborg soldier/slave, she will risk everything to rescue him. Saving Ben is the first step in a deadly game between Pacifica and a shadowy resistance group known as Rubicon. In return for Rubicon's help, Evie must retrieve a hidden artificial intelligence that may hold the key to protecting Earth from a deadly new disaster. Assuming the protectorate doesn't find it-and her-first.