Destiny Imperfect

<p><strong><em>Visionary sci-fi with a heart</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>In a vastly overpopulated future the virtual world is critical to humanity's long-term survival. The Troika runs the planet. The Govt protects the people. The Gyre wants it all.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Play the games. Earn the cryps. Save your dad. Arik is a virtual warrior who lives on the ragged edge-a solitary Tier 2 dark-gamer longing to break through to T1. But like so many he's barely surviving. When Arik receives a sketchy proposal-a covert military mission where death in the virt equals death in the real-he has to decide between his wretched struggling reality and a deadly potential outcome that has more than just his father's future at stake.</p><p><br></p><p>But Arik's rare skills cannot triumph alone and what was once a straightforward task has spiraled into something far more menacing. He cannot act alone. He needs a team to succeed.</p><p><br></p><p>He played to save his father.</p><p><br></p><p>He stayed to save the world.</p>