The Heist

Als neuartige Waffen gestohlen werden, ist sich Cade sicher, dass Aliens dahinter stecken. Er nimmt Kontakt zu alten Freunden auf, die er noch aus seiner kriminellen Vergangenheit kennt, um seinerseits die Waffen zu stehlen. Schon bald kommt es zu Spannungen zwischen den ehemaligen Komplizen. Doch damit fangen die Schwierigkeiten erst an: Plötzlich finden sie sich in einer virtuellen Realität wieder und werden dort mit ihren schlimmsten Ängsten konfrontiert.

Foster and his cronies find themselves as participants in an alien experiment. - - - ""The weapon will fall upon cities / Unless theives deliver humanity from woe / The enemy of triumph is intellect / For faculties failure requires sence anew"". I spent my early years in a top-notch thief crew, so this Nostradamus quatrain peaked my interest. But touching base with my past quickly collided with my present. Suddenly, I was back in the game, working as a break-and-enter man for a score going down in Silicon Valley. And the people I worked with were no strangers. Harley Daniels, more than an old friend, a statuesque blonde with brains to spare – she finds the scores and makes sure they get set up right. Ritchie Black, a wild boy who happens to be the best alarm-bypass man around – it always felt good to have Ritchie by my side on a job. And then there was Dex – the taskmaster of the unit – took ""Crew Chief"" as his title. Dex had a special love for giving orders – he kept us on track. Thin