The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the Native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon came ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There went the good old days, when humans got killed only by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.

It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place.

The human soldiers stranded on the planet Paradise have been recruited into an alien legion to do the dirty jobs that the high-tech species won't do. Their first mission is to kick the enemy off a backwater planet no one cares about. It's a simple assignment, except everyone has a hidden agenda, and the planet could become a deathtrap. 

Dr. Kelly Connolly is part of a top-secret team studying the most important find in human history - the Enigma Cube, an alien artifact of incomprehensible power. A cube whose technology can catapult civilization to dizzying heights - or destroy it entirely. After years of failed attempts to unlock the cube's secrets, all hell suddenly breaks loose. Kelly and a black-ops commando, Justin Boyd, are soon fighting against all odds to stay alive, and to keep the cube out of enemy hands. 

Cyberattacken: Die unterschätzte Gefahr. Wir sind abhängig vom Internet. Der Strom aus der Steckdose, das Geld aus dem Automaten, die Bahn zur Arbeit, all das funktioniert nur, wenn Computer und Netze sicher arbeiten. Doch diese Systeme sind verwundbar - und werden immer häufiger gezielt angegriffen. In ihrer ebenso spannenden wie aufrüttelnden Analyse sagen die Computersicherheitsexperten Constanze Kurz und Frank Rieger (CCC), wer uns bedroht und was wir tun müssen, um unsere Daten, unser Geld und unsere Infrastruktur zu schützen.