Meet Kiers: insomniac, drug dealer and alcoholic. Life's simple and depressing for him and his band of misfits--until they're given a dangerous and mysterious offer. Risking life and mind in the latest gaming technology playing the hardest game the world, where it's just too easy to die, Kiers and company have a guarantee to a lifetime of fortune and fame. Empire Wars may be the hardest cipher to crack, but it isn't as if the guys don't have anything up their sleeves. Join this cirque of real freaks of society, and let these amazing prodigies shamelessly steal your sanity.

Charlotte is a not so shy redhead with a bit of a problem. She seems to have fallen for her best friends brother, and everyone know that's NOT COOL. But being the girl she is, she is not letting that stop her. Rejection doesn't play well with Char. She comes up with a master plan to make William Crosse fall for her, but will she make Gregory Bane fall for her in the process?