Young Patti is looking forward to her 16th birthday as tension between her parents heats up to the point of separation. Patti is heartbroken until she and her dad begin to bond in a way that father and daughter should not.
Cell grew up in Night City and is finally getting into work with fixers, notably Wakako. He lives with his ex lover in Japan Town and she insists on helping with his mercenary work. He meets a lot of people along his journey. Some are enemy's, some are friends, and some are more.
Jean Perkins was a comely woman. Often opinionated and quite bossy. When her husband, Stan, confessed to having sex with their vamp of a daughter Sylvia, Jean laid down the law — no more than twice a week and never in her bed. (All but one instance of incest is referenced and not described in detail.)