Months after the events of Doctor Id, Jade Draper is struggling to get her life back together. Jade is now a journalist for her school's online magazine. Jade writes two columns, technology and crime-reporting. Jade's psychiatrist suggest further innovative therapy: reporting for the magazine on 'Cybercourt', an advanced prototype high-tech court complex opening in the city centre. Cybercourt is virtually paperless, run by computer, with cutting edge security and IT, linked by underground corridors to police headquarters. Techno-besotted Jade and her best friend Lucy Van Daal, approach their teacher and a field trip is organised to Cybercourt. Little do the curious duo know, that across town the feared and fearless Haman Callow is organising a field trip of his own. Callow and computer geek sidekick, Mawson, deliberately get themselves arrested and hauled off to Cybercourt as part of a master plan to eventually take over the establishment so that Cybercourt will become a technological fortress that only Mawson and Callow can control. What will happen to the people of the city? Will Jade defeat Callow? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Simon Higgins has worked as a disc jockey, marketing manager and monster in a sideshow ghost train. He also spent a decade in law enforcement; as a police officer, prosecutor and finally as a licensed private investigator. His cases ranged from murders to alleged UFO incidents, but later in life he returned full-time to his first love - writing. Simon has travelled in Japan, China and the Philippines and now lives near the New South Wales - Queensland border with his wife and two teenage children. He likes science fiction movies, collecting traditional Japanese art, and his hobbies include Kendo, creating computer games, and restoring the rainforest on his family's rural property. SELLING POINTS * Doctor Id was a highly successful and popluar novel. Simon's fans and new readers, will be thrilled to see the sequel. * Strong female character. * Sci-fi theme very popular. * Simon's background interests his readers. He is a hit at school visits and/or literary festivals. * Doctor Id was a CBC Notable Book in 1999