Swing of the Pendulum. Detective Rick Dietz, #2

When the Chief of Security at Datamech is found murdered, Detective Rick Dietz is pulled into an investigation that quickly outgrows its corporate shell. The only thing missing from the scene is a prototype biochip using a fluid capable of storing data like a human brain- a breakthrough powerful enough to reshape intelligence, identity, and motive. As Dietz digs into the company's secretive research team, he uncovers a tangle of ambition, rivalry, and buried fears surrounding a technology no one fully understands.
Every answer raises new questions, and every witness seems to be hiding a different version of the truth. As the pressure mounts, Dietz assumes the stolen chip was the motive behind the murder - but was it? Is he dealing with industrial espionage and foreign interests, or something far more primitive? With the line between innovation and danger blurring, Dietz must confront the human cost of a technology built to remember everything, and the devastating consequences of the secrets it was meant to protect.