If you intend on reading the book
Neuromancer, read no further.
Its also worth noting that
Wintermute was manipulating the world via assorted hired grunts and what-not. He was the antagonist of the novel, the
Neuromancer, depicted as a little
boy, was the
Abel of the story. The
good brother.
The book was an issue of concerns about
AI technology way back in the early 80's this launched
Gibson into the spotlight and unintentionally created the demi-fictional "
cyberpunk"
culture.