TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deaver,Jeffery
TI  - The never game
SN  - 9780525535942 :
AV  - PS3554.E1755 N48 2019
U1  - 813/.54 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - G.P. Putnam's Sons
KW  - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FICTION / Crime
KW  - Mystery fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Suspense fiction
N2  - "From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw.  "You have been abandoned."  A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a "reward seeker," traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons. But what seems a simple investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of America's tech hub and the cutthroat billion-dollar video-gaming industry. "Escape if you can."  When another victim is kidnapped, the clues point to one video game with a troubled past--The Whispering Man. In that game, the player has to survive after being abandoned in an inhospitable setting with five random objects. Is a madman bringing the game to life?  "Or die with dignity."  Shaw finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game, risking his own life to save the victims even as he pursues the kidnapper across both Silicon Valley and the dark 'net. Encountering eccentric game designers, trigger-happy gamers and ruthless tech titans, he soon learns that he isn't the only one on the hunt: someone is on his trail and closing fast.  The Never Game proves once more why "Deaver is a genius when it comes to manipulation and deception" (Associated Press)"--
ER  -