As Vann questions Nicholas, he has already called his attorney, Samuel Schwartz, to the scene. The suspect, Nicholas Bell, was subdued with a stun gun and arrested prior to Chris and Vann's arrival, but they are able to interrogate him. After a quick argument with the local police, Vann is able to ensure that the case is under FBI jurisdiction as the suspect is a known Integrator, someone who is able to take in the mind of a "locked in" Haden so that the Haden may have use of their body. Someone has thrown a love seat out of a seventh story room, but once inside the room they find that a man has been murdered. In the meantime, new FBI agent and fellow Haden Chris Shane and his partner Leslie Vann must solve an intricate murder causing them to take a further look at the web of politics and corporate greed.Ĭhris Shane's first assignment with the FBI comes on the first day of protesting the Abrams-Kettering bill, aimed at stopping all aid to Haden's syndrome victims and cure research funding. The government has been funding research and aid for these victims, but due to the Abrams-Kettering bill, that will soon change leaving millions of people forced to survive on their own. These people are dependent on electrical transports and other means of being out in the world. The virus, Haden's syndrome, starts out like the flu but over time can leave victims' bodies paralyzed with full functioning minds. "Lock In" by John Scalzi is a story of murder and politics in a futuristic world where a virus has dramatically changed society.
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