Sleeper Code

Beneath the calm hum of America's power grids, a new kind of weapon is awakening.

When a self-learning piece of code-Phantom-is planted deep inside the nation's critical infrastructure, it lies dormant, invisible, and patient. Until the day it is called to life.

Max Shaw, a brilliant but battle-worn cybersecurity leader at the National Infrastructure Protection Agency, has spent years defending systems most people never see. But when the grid flickers and a single word appears across his scre...