The book you are about to read not only describes the complicated, chaotic, potentially threatening, world that waits for us just around the corner, it exhibits that future. That is to say, in its design, it is a chimaera, this book is an unlikely yet wonderful hybrid between a science fiction thriller and a non-fiction scientific paper. When I first opened The First Light of Day, I was skeptical. How could such a book possibly work? But as I read its compelling narrative I understood: this is the only way this complex subject could be approached.
