A broke scavenger finds a "black stone" that stabs him into a wormhole and binds him to a Level-6 AI named Chnage. Overnight he can raid defense networks, cure the incurable, and trade food for alien energy crystals-but every use of that power paints a target on Earth, and the Interstellar Alliance is watching. When the first hunters trace the panda-print hack back to him, Kent has one choice: disappear-or start a war.
