The Hunters settle into their new home, the Headmaster meets a professor specialising in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Wessex.

Internet and telephones stop working and more people are talking like robots, including Professor Claudia Rowe. Dinah finds that the Headmaster has taken over the Artificial Intelligence project at the university.

The Headmaster tries to find Dinah with the help of Professor Claudia Rowe as the development of the Hyperbrain continues.

The Headmaster meets the Hyperbrain, his creation and continues on his mission to find Dinah.