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.