Ayumi is a world-class shogi (Japanese chess) player who can't be beaten—that is, until she loses to a powerful computer called the Shooting Star. Ayumi vows to find out everything she can about her new nemesis. Lucky for her, Yuu Kano, the genius programmer behind the Shooting Star, is willing to teach her all about the inner workings of the microprocessor—the "brain" inside all computers, phones, and gadgets.

(Source: No Starch Press)