A routine NUMA investigation uncovers a mystery, when a strange figure steals their findings. Who are they? Meanwhile a cryptic text using NUMA's codes makes things still stranger- Are they being helped by a friend, or lured into a traitorous trap? Kurt, Joe, and even Max, NUMA's supercomputer, will have to investigate like never before as they prepare for a battle on two very different planes- one physical; one digital. It's just the beginning of a sinister plan concocted by a mind more brilliant than any they've ever faced-the mind of a machine. A new, terrifying world order is being plotted...