Shadow (Paperback or Softback)

EVERY STORY HAS TWO SIDES. NOW IT IS TIME TO ENTER THE MIND OF SHADOW.

In FORESIGHT, readers experienced the hidden digital world through the eyes of Sam—a gifted teenage hacker living a dangerous double life.

But Sam was never the only hacker operating in the shadows.

In this gripping second instalment of the FORESIGHT series, the story shifts to the opposing hacker known as Shadow. What drives someone to cross the line? How far will they go to achieve their goals? And what happens when their actions begin to affect people far beyond the safety of a computer screen?

Shadow is intelligent, calculating and capable of reaching into places most people believe are secure. But behind the hacker identity is a far more complicated story—and a perspective that could change everything readers thought they understood about the world of Foresight.

This is not simply a story about technology. It is a journey into the psychology of a hacker, the choices that shape them and the consequences that follow when power, identity and opportunity collide.

What makes SHADOW different from other hacker thrillers is the real-world experience behind it.

Craig Ford is a working cybersecurity engineer and ethical hacker with more than two decades of experience inside the industry. Named Australia’s Cybersecurity Professional of the Year, Craig serves on the national board of the Australian Information Security Association and has written two nonfiction books helping everyday people understand cybersecurity and stay safer online.

He understands how hackers think, how digital identities are created and how easily a person can disappear behind a screen.

Shadow’s story is fiction. The world in which it unfolds is very real.

Dark, fast-paced and unsettlingly believable, SHADOW takes readers beyond the screen and into the mind of the hacker they thought they already understood.

Because in the digital world, the difference between hero and villain may depend entirely on which side of the screen you are standing.

SHADOW is Book Two in the FORESIGHT series and is best experienced after reading FORESIGHT.

Craig is a cybersecurity engineer and ethical hacker. He has a Master's in Management (Information Technology) and a Master's in Information Systems Security from Charles Sturt University. He was awarded the AISA (Australian Information Security Associated) Cyber security professional of the year in 2020. Craig joined the AISA Queensland committee in 2020 before being elected the AISA QLD branch Chair in June 2021 where he remained until January 2023, before being appointed to the AISA board of directors in January 2023. Craig is a regular columnist for "Women in Security" Magazine and has contributed to the project since its inception in early 2021. He is also a regular contributor to the Top Cyber News, Cyber Today, Cyber Australia and the Careers with STEM magazines. Craig has two previous books A Hacker, I Am and A Hacker, I Am - Vol 2. These are cybersecurity awareness books that try and help educate everyone on how to be safer in this connected world. Craig also has the first book in this series Foresight which has been published through Cyber Unicorns and an upcoming children's cyber awareness book that he co-authored with Caity Randall called The Shadow World.