PART I
Viet Nam Nhat Bao (Daily News)
5 February 2053
Swedish Hiker Dies on Trek
Peder Fridell, of Sweden, died Monday evening while trekking near Sa Pa. His death is attributed to swelling of the brain caused by a fall earlier in the day. Goran Nilsson, a friend with him on the trek, expressed his own shock. “It just won’t load, you know? Yesterday he was here, talking and laughing, and today he’s gone.”
Ngo Lien finished reading the article, looked at the red X on the far left of the screen, and blinked twice to deactivate her iRis. The sunglasses reverted to normal mode, but a bright green icon in the corner of her vision indicated the Li-Fi connection was strong. She stared out the window of the medical chopper at the misty hilltops below. They were about 200 kilometers from Ha
