Xavier has done a deal with the Devil to solve the unsolvable: the Goldbach Conjecture. Addicted to the most dangerous of Smart Drugs and overclocking his cognition with fringe Biohacks, he risks his sanity to outsmart centuries of mathematicians. But he discovers that his work for Quantum Dynamics is far darker and more dangerous than he could have possibly imagined. Once the master cybercriminal known as "Nero," he's a man at war with the past, the future, and himself. The Temptress lures him into the darkest web, purring: “You are a man with the star seed of a thousand supernovas in your loins, so thrust into the soft places that will take it. Seize what you can while you can.” And his surrender to temptation seems certain. From the political machinations in a VR simulation of the Atlantean empire and his own lucid dreams to courtroom drama and shocking revelations in the Swiss Alps, unseen forces guide him to fulfill “the red Gucci dress” prophecy... “When the night sky burns green, your fury will melt the wings of Icarus, and you will strike a trident into the heart of the system that has enslaved so many.” Desperate to stop “The Cycle of 12,000 Suns,” he’s drawn - seemingly by destiny - to a luxurious zeppelin where a decadent “Eyes Wide Shut” party ascends above CERN in Switzerland. There in the sky, he will grasp at his divine right to free will as the epically tense, sexy, violent, and philosophical climax of Hourglass erupts. INCLUDES: 11-Hour "Odyssey of the Mind" style audiobook via QR code in book