Alexander a young man of twenty is constantly living in a state of fight or flight, but that is to be exspected in night city. A palce where just looking at someone the wrong way can get you killed. But the reason Lex is always on edge is not because of the high crime rate of the city, where drug dealers pimps cyber pshycos and gangs run wild. No he is hunted by the true rulers of the world powerful mega corporations who own everything from the state local and federal government. Lex is the greatest netrunner in the world he has stole from mega corps like Milatech, Arasaka, Kang-Tao, Biotechnica and many others. Just barely escaping each time, thanks to his netrunning skills he is able to blur his face from camera and rec bd implants and so the hunt stays on for his nickname the black serpent. But everything changes when he meets V a nomad new to the city who gets the gig of a lifetime.