The "god of speculative fiction" (New York Magazine) returns with his first novel since 2010--now in paperback.
Flynne Fisher and her brother, Burton, live in a rural near-future America where jobs are scarce. As Burton tries to survive on veteran's benefits, for neurological damage suffered in the Marines' elite Haptic Recon unit, Flynne earns what she can by assembling product at the local 3D printshop.
But Burton's secretly working security in some game prototype, a virtual world that looks vaguely like London. He's got Flynne taking over shifts, promising her the game's not a shooter. What she sees, though, isn't what Burton told her to expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder...