In 2014, Medicine Falls is just another rural town with a dying economy and a way of life that has become increasingly irrelevant. The lure of the Net and virtual-reality games has replaced the malls and movie theaters. The hottest game of all is Nir—short for Nirvana—with its promise of escape into a world of addictive pleasures. When Abbey McCrae's teenage daughter dies mysteriously, everyone calls it suicide. But Abbey believes it's murder, somehow connected to her daughter's addiction to Nir—and to the cultlike Dimension Institute, led by the charismatic Zachariah Smith. As more and more townspeople fall under Nir's spell, Abbey and a cynical detective uncover a horrifying conspiracy involving the game, the Institute, and the secret "guests" Zachariah Smith keeps at his ranch. And Abbey will learn that she alone can stop an alien threat that seeks to consume all of humanity....
Author
Kay Kenyon is the author of eighteen fantasy and science fiction novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the American Library Association Reading List award. Her newest fantasy series is The Arisen Worlds quartet. "A story of powers and magic on a grand scale. This will be a series to treasure.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany. Latest in the series is Book 2, Stranger in the Twisted Realm. Book 1, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth is on sale. Book 3 Servant of the Lost Power is on pre-order for a February 20, 2024 release. Book 4, coming soon, is entitled Keeper of the Mythos Gate. Her series, The Dark Talents novels, has been optioned for film. The trilogy begins with At the Table of Wolves. Other fantasy novels include Queen of the Deep and A Thousand Perfect Things. Connect with her at http://www.kaykenyon.com. She lives in beautiful eastern Washington State in the foothills of the Cascades.
