The Watch

After her mother's suicide in 1870, Marie Lancater is sent to live with her aunt and uncle on their Rhode Island estate. Even in mourning she must always remain calm and well-mannered, as her future and marriage prospects would fall to pieces if society believed she was prone to madness like her mother. And she manages well enough – until the strange man begins appearing beneath her window.The Implant was a piece of technological genius; a tiny microprocessor loaded with information that could be sub-dermally inserted against the skull. Overnigt it became the latest cosmetic fashion accesory. Overnight you can do something new - instant knowledge on demand. The Implant is all that and more, but instant knowledge comes at a cost...