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The world of the year 2035 has become a different one. A single weather catastrophe was enough to shake certainties, blur boundaries, and force millions of people into a new reality. While society tries to recover from the consequences, many survivors flee into digital worlds—above all into the hyper-immersive online game Ǣrizen VR, which offers far more than mere distraction. It is refuge, stage, escapism, and for some even a second life. But when players suddenly die under mysterious circumstances, the line between virtual and real danger begins to blur.

This book follows people on both sides of that line: a web security officer and a product manager who search for answers in the real world, and a former rock star who chases his destiny in the virtual world of Ǣrizen VR. Their paths could hardly be more different—and yet they are inseparably connected.