Jess is a passionate gamer, but nowhere near as good as his older brother Jaxon, an activist and hacker. When Jaxon is arrested for his activities, Jess takes up Jaxon’s place in a test-run for a new video game. The participating players are supposed to test a new technology and the winner gets paid an attractive sum as prize money. Jess is only interested in this money – which his family urgently needs. But together with Rumi, a girl he meets in the game, he soon realises that this supposed game is actually mind control – and that sinister forces are at play here. Jess and Rumi have to find out more about this, and fast: because if they don’t find the right algorithm, they willnever be able to leave the game again …