"Spread-eagled and face down in shallow snow, hurting in every centimetre of his body, he prised open an eyelid. Bewildered, his mind refused to process what he saw. He was surrounded by grotesque nightmares. Visibility was poor and falling snow imposed a theatrical dimension to the horror. However, there was no doubt. Hundreds of savages battered and lunged at each other in slow motion, their lead-weighted poleaxes and war-hammers clanging against armour. An unearthly cacophony bludgeoned his eardrums as, utterly terrified, he watched the violence. Surely, he had arrived in hell."
"Bagnold, who specialised in software for the neurosurgical market, were at an advanced stage of trialling Neuro-Praxis, their new brain scanning technology. It would be able to read the entire structure of the brain and map it in a neural network using artificially created DNA molecules. Other companies in China and Germany were working on such technology but the unique and sensational aspect of Bagnold's design was that it could "learn" spontaneously and grow without restriction using on-line Internet resources. By mapping the entire structure of the subject's brain, it would have access to all its memories and beliefs."