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Computers control many things - here they can control fate. Viruses have life-changing consequences and hacking is as dangerous as spying. Thalassa Brytaye - a 'normal' student on her campus - is a computer-geek and loner. One day, she meets some of her kind. They compete in a school-assigned game and life afterwards is never the same. Are the teachers rigging the game to be realer than it should? Are some of the students manipulating tests scores? Is anyone who they really seem? With her team, Thalassa sets out to discover the truth behind the server - the person behind the program.
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