Beta 12

[ a fantasy young adult adventure set in a sci-fi premise! ]

**It's just a game, after all.**

Ada West risks everything to wake her father from a coma, becoming a stowaway in the very virtual reality game that he helped build. Deadly monsters, shifty guilds, bustling cities and unsettling secrets lie between her and the key to her father's accident. As she learns to navigate a strange new world and the consequences of leaving the real one, she discovers she's not the only one playing the game with ulterior motives. To some, the game is the difference between life, and death.

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A man stood at the window. He stared out into the semi-darkness of Glastridge's City Hall Plaza, his rectangular glasses glinting in the pale yellow light. I fought to swallow the lump forming in my throat. The sight of him brought back the sterile scent of hospital rooms, the sounds of beeping and whirring and low, steady breathing.
When he turned from the window, the last of the moonlight cut across his face, deepening his gaunt cheeks and turning his glasses lens white. He bowed his head.
"How are you, Miss West?"
His voice was even, and cold, and lagged just slightly behind the movements of his mouth. I gritted my teeth.
"How is my dad?"