Super Short Summary

WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer follows blind teenager Caitlin Decter, who, after receiving a cybernetic eye implant, discovers and communicates with an emergent digital consciousness on the World Wide Web. Meanwhile, side plots involve a bird flu epidemic in China and a legal battle over a sign language-capable ape, intertwining themes of perception, learning, and inter-species coexistence. Sensitive topics include a severe epidemic and ethically challenging medical experimentation.