Book starts out following our protagonist Jack Thorn as he begins his long term immersion and jumps right into his new virtual world. He starts out as a smart a#% but you will find as the story goes on Jack has a very disturbing , violent and unique past that is slowly revealed as he makes few friends and lots of enemies. Due to his past, Jack finds unique solutions to impossible problems. This brings him to the attention of gamers, the AI and staff that run the game and very dangerous virtual and real world characters. No power leveling in this book. As the book comes to an end you learn Jacks real life history along with huge conspiracies in and out of game! Worth your money!