There was an awkward silence that took over the room as everyone stared at the door.

“2:29PM.” Soleil paced around.

Ali walked up to the door and grabbed the handle. “Has nobody thought that maybe we should just…”

“Oh! I was wondering when people would show up.”

Their host was waiting for them, in a massive, complex room that didn’t even feel like it fit in the building. Numerous chairs with headsets… a square in the centre of the room with 9 screen displays.

“Were we… supposed to come in?”

“…Yes.”

The thirteen of them walked in the room.

2:30PM.

“Shut the door for them, Ezra. And lock it.”

“Alright, Boss.”

Apollo pulled out numerous papers. They seemed to look like contracts.

The whole room illuminated purple and orange.

“Let’s begin.”

Thirteen strangers receive a perfect opportunity to get serious investment in their business and passions, and the company decides that the best way to find someone worthy enough of the investment is… a simulated murder mystery. Only one thing is certain… not everyone is playing by the rules.

Trapped inside a virtual city, the players must uncover the identities of those hunting them before the game reaches its end. But as suspicion turns to paranoia and the bodies begin to pile up, they discover that the simulation may be hiding a far darker secret.

(audiobook in progress)