Solip:System is a novella set between Hardwired and Voice of the Whirlwind, featuring disembodied consciousness Reno in a plot to bring down the Orbitals, using the Black Room personality hijacking software. It's very much a triumph of style over substance, cool and slick and bleakly self-destructive. We never really have a chance to get to know Reno or what he wants, beyond his death wish. There's no sense of risk in the plot, no real sense of danger of exposure. I read this as a bridge, and it seems to have worked well enough, but I can't recommend it as anything much above average.