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...
Tripp escaped his latest foray into Drift, only to return to an alternate reality being slowly consumed by the hacker’s virus. And the hacker finally identifies himself, only to issue an ultimatum to the human race. Does Tripp have what it takes to lead the resistance against the hacker, or is the universe really doomed?