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Atlas alone / Emma Newman.

Van Pelt Library PR6114.E949 A95 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Newman, Emma, 1976- author.
Series:
Newman, Emma, 1976- Planetfall novel
Planetfall novel
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Survival--Fiction.
Survival.
Video gamers.
Video game designers.
Video game designers--Fiction.
Video gamers--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Murder.
Genre:
Fiction.
Science fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Physical Description:
308 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Ace, 2019.
Summary:
"Hugo Award winner Emma Newman returns to the captivating Planetfall universe with a novel about vengeance and the lengths to which one will go to save the future of humanity. Six months after she left, Dee is struggling to manage her rage toward the people who ordered the nuclear strike that destroyed Earth. She's trying to find those responsible, but she's not getting very far alone. A dedicated gamer, Dee is endeavoring to discover a mersive good enough to enable her to escape her trauma. When she is approached by a designer who asks her to play test his new game, she hopes it will be what she needs--but it isn't like any mersive she's played before. When a man suddenly dies in the real world, she realizes that at the same time in the game, she killed a character who bears a striking resemblance to the dead man--a man she discovers was one of those responsible for the death of millions on Earth. Disturbed, but thinking it must be a coincidence, Dee continues the hunt for information. But when she finds out the plans for the future colony, she realizes that to save what is left of humanity, she might have to do something that risks what remains of her own"-- Provided by publisher.
Dee will be sixty-three by the time they reach the new world. She is struggling to manage her rage toward the people who ordered the nuclear strike that destroyed Earth, and is trying to find those responsible, but not getting very far. A dedicated gamer, Dee is approached by a designer who asks her to play test his new game. It isn't like any mersive she's played before: at the same time she kills a character in the game, a man who bears a striking resemblance to the character suddenly dies in the real world. And he was one of those she suspects was responsible for the death of millions on Earth. Hunting for more information, Dee realizes that to save what is left of humanity, she might have to do something that risks what remains of her own. -- adapted from back cover and perusal of book
ISBN:
9780399587344
0399587349
OCLC:
1046106590
Publisher Number:
99981235817

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