"Deep within a heavily guarded compound lies the nation’s most protected secret: an active alien artifact. Impervious to all efforts of modern science to penetrate its secrets, the artifact taunts researchers with bursts of mysterious radiation that may be efforts at communication. Now, two top researchers have conducted unauthorized experiments using new technology, and something has awakened inside, wielding incalculable power that could spell doom for humanity. Only a twelve-year-old crippled computer hacker and an aging police detective hold the key to the artifact. "
