
Series: Book 1 in the Halting State series 
Rating: Not rated 
Tags: Science Fiction, Lang:en 
Summary
 It was called in as a robbery at Hayek Associates, an
      online game company. So you can imagine Sergeant Sue Smith's
      mood as she watches the video footage of the heist being
      carried out by a band of orcs and a dragon, and realises that
      the robbery from an online game company is actually a robbery
      from an online game. Just wonderful. Like she has nothing better to do. But
      online entertainment is big business, and when the bodies of
      real people start to show up, it's clear that this is
      anything but a game. For Sue, computer coding expert Jack
      Reed, and forensic accountant Elaine Barnaby, the walls
      between the actual and the virtual are about to come crashing
      down. There is something very dangerous and very real going
      on at Hayek Associates, and those involved are playing for
      keeps. No cheats, no back doors, no extra lives - make a wrong
      call on this one and it's game over.