In the online world of "Tactical Survival, the hot video game of the moment, there are hundreds of possible maps to play, and even more game servers to play them on, spread out all over the world. But one map in particular is especially intriguing. Spirit Trail has attracted the worlds greatest gamers to play its many twists and turns in a Death Match scenario. Now one of them is dead.
A special type of officer has been called in to solve the crime. Massachusetts based police detective Ryan Wills, a successful online specialist has been asked by the FBI to solve this complex case. Wills travels all over the world to visit this strange and talented group of individuals, trying to learn who killed Delilah Kane and why. On the way, Wills meets a quirky and deadly bunch of characters as well as a sexy Psychiatrist and her boss, a Doctor dedicated to understanding the mind of these online addicts.
As Wills probes the death of this beautiful gamer, he enters a world that he did not know existed. Online gaming played by people that live only to compete....and to win. Wills discovers that these people will do almost anything to end up at the top. This world where no-one is as they seem, where multiple identities are par for the course. A world where even a skilled detective like Ryan Wills realizes, that he is in over his head.
How can Wills solve a murder in a place he does not understand? A place that is not real, and yet is very real. Video Killed The Digital Star is a story that will take you where you have not been. Into the minds of the top online gamers in the world. You will see through their eyes, and you won't believe what you see. This novel will be unlike anything you have read.
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