Virtual reality came back with a bang--in the form of Virtual Akashic Records! Besides being adventurous and dramatic fun, the Records could teach you anything, anywhere, any time.
His current fascination was animal life. He'd attended sky burial as a vulture, and cruised the Mariana depths in dragonfish form. This time, he chose the Dog. The software selects at random, although he'd requested a famous one.
Shifting over, his first awareness was of tremendous burning pain along his neckline. He couldn't feel his legs... Something was VERY wrong.
He reached out for more data.
...Who the hell is Demikhov??