Summer 2015. "Bing stumbles upon activist Sergei Ivanov during an undercover job in a Moscow clip joint. After helping Sergei get away, Bing barely escapes the country herself but then devices stop working, systems crash and the internet drops out all over the world in thirty seconds of blackout. Most barely notice, but those in corridors of power do.
It was Sergei and he’s got control over everything; mission critical systems, banking, even the tech giants. That was a warning. His worms are in every system after one huge smoke and mirrors heist. Bing is hauled before top brass and blamed for letting him go in Moscow. She is charged with finding him and a hunt begins that circumnavigates the globe as the young Russian holds the planet to ransom."