Ignoring the string of No Trespassing signs, Patrick (Jax) Jackson hops the barbwire fence to fish a farm pond located oddly enough on top of a large mound in the middle of a pasture. He has no idea there is a Mejan spaceship residing under it, or that a cross-breed has been observing his every move from a secret room at the nearby farmhouse. That three-quarters human has already hacked into a number of supposedly secure databases-from the local police department to the IRS-to learn more about Jax Jackson than he knows himself. It turns out the clueless intruder is potentially an excellent...