The sequel to explosive thriller THE GAME OF LIFE OR DEATH from the most sensational new voice in YA fiction.
Asha Kennedy (Lisbeth Salander for a new generation) has uncovered the dark secret at the heart of Virtual Reality game 'Shackle' - You don't play the game; it plays you - and must now go deeper into a dangerous world of corruption and greed.
Who is the puppet master of the game and what is their ultimate goal?
Set in New York, this is a whiplash-paced, twisty mystery and scorching romance where Asha's enemies may be closer than she could ever imagine...
“A brilliantly written, pacy read ” - Irish Examiner
An addictive thriller from the most sensational new voice in YA fiction.
When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya's dead body in their home, her world falls apart. Desperate for answers, and to stay out of the hands of the social services she grew up in, Asha turns to her hacker friends for help.
Her search leads her to Zu Tech, the hit games studio where Maya was a lead coder. As Asha begins to unravel the riddle of her death, she realises that the only way to uncover the truth is from the inside.
Asha ghosts her old life and infiltrates a Zu Tech eSport tournament as they launch 'SHACKLE', the revolutionary Virtual Reality video game Maya was working on - and which hides a monstrous secret...
