With the success of the burgeoning secret space program, innovative technological achievements push the frontier of the program far beyond potential threats on Earth. Thus a new civilization is born, hidden away under the surface of the moon and secret bases on Mars. This covert colonization of space, including the continuing construction of space vehicles and the massive effort to fund it, must be protected at all costs. So new degrees of deceptions are developed to keep these secrets away from the public and the prying eyes of government officials, as well.

The onward march of technology can be quite exhilarating as new developments promise to usher in a new era of ease, education and wellbeing for all of humanity. But with every silver lining there is a dark cloud. The integration of computers and people is certain to come, sooner than many of us expect. But who will claim superiority over the destiny of our planet when technologically augmented human beings clash with the rise of artificial intelligence? And what is the role of the strange dragonfly drones, which appear to be of extraterrestrial A.I. origin, in all of this?