Hack Rescue; Chasing a Cyber Killer
by Tom Kranz · April 2025
The six-thousand residents of the Moon habitat known as the Daedalus Dome are under attack by a mysterious hacker. Their waste management system has shut down, a ship has blown up killing a thousand citizens and the atmosphere processor is red-lining threatening the entire population with suffocation.
Once again, the Earth-based Planetary Commission turns to Enrico Janice Walton Stein, known globally as Chairman Rick, for his leadership and bravery that twice helped save them. This time, his partner is his 10-year-old daughter, an android named Peach, whose skills navigating the cyber cloud lead her to the hacker.
Rick, Peach and Moon cop Jenna McNamara embark on a three-thousand-mile trek to find the hacker and stop the AI that is carrying out a deadly mission of revenge.
Hi, readers.
This is the third in a series, but it also stands alone just fine. It is a shorter work than the first two, an easy read for sure. I've been a sci-fi fan since childhood, so writing future stuff was fun. If you like sci-fi, give this one a shot. It's a fast and fun read!
TK
— Tom Kranz
About Hack Rescue; Chasing a Cyber Killer
The six-thousand residents of the Moon habitat known as the Daedalus Dome are under attack by a mysterious hacker. Their waste management system has shut down, a ship has blown up killing a thousand citizens and the atmosphere processor is red-lining threatening the entire population with suffocation.
Once again, the Earth-based Planetary Commission turns to Enrico Janice Walton Stein, known globally as Chairman Rick, for his leadership and bravery that twice helped save them. This time, his partner is his 10-year-old daughter, an android named Peach, whose skills navigating the cyber cloud lead her to the hacker.
Rick, Peach and Moon cop Jenna McNamara embark on a three-thousand-mile trek to find the hacker and stop the AI that is carrying out a deadly mission of revenge.
Tom Kranz
Tom Kranz is a writer and podcaster. He is a native of Philadelphia, where he attended Temple University and earned a bachelor’s degree in communications. His career as a journalist took him to radio, television, and online platforms, followed by twelve years as a corporate communications director. He also served as a volunteer EMT for 22 years in his New Jersey town.
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