Among the world’s wealthiest and most influential men, journalist Laurent Michaelmas lives in a penthouse overlooking NY City’s Central Park along with his superintelligent computer, Domino. He obtained his fame and power after hacking in to the worldwide pc network. Then went on to make use of his unique presents to create a version of the UN that would ensure global tranquility. In a nutshell, he and Domino secretly run the world. But now he has reason for concern.

A Swiss doctor has cured an astronaut thought to have vaporized within a shuttle explosion during an expedition towards the external planets from the solar program. Suspecting that something extraterrestrial is usually behind this miraculous recovery, Michaelmas uses his tremendous influence to start an international investigation. Are there really aliens in their midst? May be the resurrection of a dead man an attempt to cancel background and destroy the world’s precarious balance of power?

Published significantly less than ten years in to the Internet era, this remarkable science fiction novel foreshadows lots of the world’s technological advances.