Digitized people in a virtual world… For millions, it’s just a game; for hundreds of thousands, it’s a new home; and for ambitious governments, it’s an opportunity to seize incredible magical technologies and resources of untouched lands.
Gleb cheated fate by throwing, in the real world, a fatally ill body—and replacing it with an immortal avatar in a world of sword and magic. It seemed that you could just live and enjoy yourself: eternal youth ahead, a beloved woman nearby, and your back covered by faithful friends. But the human essence is many-faceted. Someone craves power, someone—wealth. And soon the first cries of slaves rang out over the virtual world, while in reality a thin trickle of real gold began to flow.
What should he do—to stay on the sidelines and watch the wonderful world turn into the underside of the Earth, or to find the strength in himself and intervene in the games of powerful opponents?