Carlitos Dosouto

When NASA loses contact with American astronauts in space, a notorious hacker - under house arrest for breaching top-level government agencies - watches the crisis unfold on the news. Acting on instinct, he illegally hacks into the Deep Space Network and gains access to the International Space Station. There, he discovers a single survivor: a first-time female astronaut, held hostage by a Russian billionaire who claims he has discovered alien life and insists NASA stole his proof. Confined to his cluttered bedroom and shackled by ankle monitors, the hacker is thrust into a deadly game. The Russian demands he break into NASA again to recover the evidence - or the girl dies. From his apartment, the hacker must guide her escape, uncover buried secrets, and evade government surveillance... or lose her forever.

Mayor Tom Kane sits like a spider at the center of Chicago's web of power; a web built on a covenant with the people. They want to be led, they want disputes settled, jobs dispensed, and loyalties rewarded. If he achieves all this through deception and immorality, so be it. As long as he gets the job done, they look the other way. Yet despite being the most effective mayor in recent history, a degenerative brain disorder is ripping everything away from him. He can't trust his memory, his closest allies, or even himself.