As 13-year-old Tripp hits #1 on the leaderboard of his favorite video game, he is visited by three mysterious creatures who guard the master code that keeps the universe running. A hacker named BlackHat is threatening to break into this code, and Tripp's incredible gamer skills may be the key to stopping him—and saving the universe. Oh—and it would be really great if he could find his missing...
As the virtual and real worlds merge, Tripp, joined by Zeno and bully-turned-buddy Chaz, fight an unknown and unseen enemy: Drift appears to have been hacked, and the black hole continues to imperil the universe, but who is behind it? And how can he be stopped?