They were best friends, driven by one shared vision
- to rule the world of virtual reality games. Cill, hard-edged & beautiful, Var & Benny, brains & business acumen, & Bart, the genius behind the idea. Their newest invention, developed to transport the player into a fantastical virtual world, is just about to be launched. Then, suddenly, Bart is found brutally killed, defeated by their own game. Their close-knit group is torn apart. Who could have engineered a virtual death with such devastating consequences? Even Eve Dallas, New York City's most cunning investigator, is hard-pressed for an answer. But as she digs deeper, peeling back layers of secrets, revenge & misplaced allegiances, she realises with growing dread the depth of the killer's master plan. & she knows his game is far from over...