Gamer

A high-concept action thriller set in a near-future when gaming and entertainment have evolved into a terrifying new hybrid.

Humans control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online games: people play people. For keeps. Mind-control technology is widespread, and at the heart of the controversial game is its creator, reclusive billionaire Ken Castlel). His latest brainchild, the first-person shooter game, <i>Slayers,</i> allows millions to act out their most savage fantasies, online, in front of a global audience, using real prisoners as avatars with whom they fight to the death.