Midway through the Twenty-first century, an integrated global computer network manages much of the worldās affairs. A proposed major software upgradeāan artificial intelligenceāwill give the system an unprecedented degree of independent decision-making power, but serious questions are raised in regard to how much control can safely be given to a non-human intelligence. In order to more fully assess the system, a new space-station habitatāa world in miniatureāis developed for deployment of the fully operational system, named Spartacus. This mini-world can then be āattackedā in a series of escalating tests to assess the systemās responses and capabilities. If Spartacus gets out of hand, the system can be shut down and the station destroyed . . . unless Spartacus decides to take matters into its own hands and take the fight to Earth.ā¢ Adapted from James P. Hoganās classic science-fiction novel by the award-winning Yukinobu Hoshino, The Two Faces of Tomorrow is hardcore science-fiction manga at its best.