Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist.

George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. 

George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie’s father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysterious message from George’s old nemesis, Reeper, there.

Banks are handing out free money, supermarkets aren’t working so people are getting free food, and aircraft are refusing to fly. It looks like the world’s biggest and best computers have all been hacked. George and Annie must travel further into space than ever before in order to find out what, or who, is behind it.