Ruby White has burnt her bridges. She has no job, no direction in life, and just enough money to last a month if she eats only rice and her cat catches his own meal. With time on her hands, Ruby soon finds herself at a seminar for those who are Hyper Auto-Aware, a condition she never knew existed, run by the Jaasmyn Empire. To Ruby's astonishment, she is offered a job. Providing everything from meditation CDs, candles and 'specialised sleeping aides' to private classes with a psychic therapist, the Empire offers solutions for every physical and metaphysical problem ever conceived, and many that haven't been...