I bought this today on a whim after recognizing the author's name; he was my computer science teacher in high school in New Orleans over 15 years ago! Now he's apparently an alternative-health guru in North Carolina. I had no idea he was also an author, much less one on a major publishing house (Simon & Schuster). This looks like a decent cyberpunk novel of future dystopia, not unlike stuff by Philip K. Dick et al, but with a darker sci-fi edge. Here's first half of the back cover synopsis: "They Live By Night, Playing A Deadly Game...
They're faceless, voiceless computer warriors in a battle where ego knows no bounds. Midnight is their hour. The Surgery is their game – The Chief Cutter, Tunnel Rat, Master Wu, Nelly Dean, Genghis Khan, Meat Grinder - brilliant, eccentric misfits hiding behind their aliases and their glowing computer screens. They're safe in the dark, safe to wage a war of wits and psychological terror as long as they abide by the rules. Until The Succubus invades, a demon who plays for keeps..."