Aetherland: The Making
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  • Parts 13
  • Time 2h 12m
Ongoing, First published May 12, 2019
Dan, a self-proclaimed self-taught software and cybersecurity specialist has been living his life in luxury, until he took a bite at a company far bigger than what he can chew. The world is slowly closing in on him, his schemes and his exploits, and the only way to leap away from the trap so carefully planted for him by the governing bodies from who he's been stealing is to finish this final job, get his payday, and disappear. Can he outrun Ubisoft, one of the biggest gaming giants of his time, in creating a fully immersive, insanely detailed and industry-shattering VRMMORPG for Sony, to outrun all of his problems whilst his real life is falling apart, in his biggest adventure yet?

An adult take on teenagers coming into the dangerous cruel world of business, black, white and everything in between, the boundaries of madness and motivation that so closely follow the tech and media industries, and one genius of a kid that navigates this mess seemingly alone, lost in the ocean of moving parts around him whilst things quickly get out of hand.
This is my first book, so please try and be patient with me XD. Feedback always welcome. Will update at least once a week.

Enjoy the story.

Peace out x

P.S. All characters and places are either a work of fiction or references to fictitious characters owned by real-world corporations (ahem, Blizzard Entertainment, among others.) None of the names of people are real, please don't assume otherwise.
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