** Realm Award Winner for Book of the Year and Science Fiction, 2017 ** ** Readers' Favorite Award Contest Silver Medal Winner, 2017 ** ** Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Science Fiction, 2017 ** >When an atypical chore brings him into contact with two rogue debuggers, things get complicated. Soon he's struggling with the life he's always known. New ideas plague him, brutality vexes him, and women distract him. Then there's the list of offline debuggers, those who've quietly disappeared. Through datamixes--dreamlike records of their lives--Thread tries to uncover the truth. Where did they go? What does it all mean? And what can one forgotten debugger do about it anyway?