"What about Shadowland?" Modal asked. Shadowland. That was the name of the most famous clearinghouse for "black" or "shadow" information in North America. Its services included bulletin boards that contained the most astounding variety of dirt on governments, corps, and individuals (some of it even true); online, real-time "conferences" where deckers and others argued over just about anything; "virtual" meeting places where deckers could conduct business safely; and much more. The governments of North America— particularly the more secretive ones like the Pueblo Corporate Council and Tir Taimgire—hated Shadowland with a passion, as did the megacorps. The shadows were full of rumors concerning attempts to compromise or crash the system. According to conventional wisdom, the only reason that Shadowland still existed was that its central data core—its hub, known as the Denver Data Haven—was located somewhere in the contested territory of Denver. So edgy were all the governments that had divided up the city under the Treaty of Denver that none could organize a campaign to ferret out and eliminate the Shadowland service. From that standpoint, Modal’s suggestion made a lot of sense. But . . .