The near future. Resources are scarce. Inflation is rampant. Environmental catastrophe is looming. The good news is there''s a way out: The Verse. A one to one digital simulation of reality.Liquidate all your assets and transfer your consciousness into the metaverse. You can live in a virtual world, with a virtual mansion, with infinite virtual money, and you can live that way for as long as you''d like. Inside the simulation there is no harm, no violence, no problems. And, just to sweeten the deal: The Corporation will keep your body on ice, in cryo storage for ten years, just in case you change your mind.Ash, our protagonist, is one of the last holdouts, but when she''s nearly killed in the real world over a gambling debt, she takes up an offer from an old friend who works for the corporation, and transfers into the simulation.At first Ash likes the new world she''s living in, but the more and more time she spends there, the more he begins to feel like something is seriously wrong with the verse. It isn''t long before she stumbles onto a vast and sprawling conspiracy, and finds herself in the crosshairs of some very dangerous people.Ready Player One meets Chinatown in this sci fi conspiracy thriller grounded in the prescient questions of modern society.