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This is not a game : a novel of greed, betrayal, and social networking

In this near-future thriller, Williams weaves a pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, murder, and games where players don't get a second chance.

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  • "In this near-future thriller, Williams weaves a pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, murder, and games where players don't get a second chance."@en
  • "Once upon a time, there were four of them. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games. Dagmar is a game designer trapped in Jakarta in the middle of a revolution. The city is tearing itself apart around her, and she needs to get out. Her boss Charlie has his own problems - 4.3 billion of the - hidden in an offshore account. Austin is the businessman - the VC. He's the one with the plan and the one to keep the geeks in line. BJ was there from the start, but while Charlie's star rose, BJ sank into the depths of customer service. He pads his hours at the call center slaying online orcs, stealing your loot, and selling it on the internet. When one of the four is gunned down in a parking lot, the survivirs become players in a very different kind of game. Caught between the dangerous worlds of the Russian Mafia and international finance, Dagmar must draw on all her resources - not least millions of online gamers - to track down the killer."@en
  • "Once upon a time, there were four of them. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games... Dagmar is a game designer trapped in Jakarta in the middle of a revolution. The city is tearing itself apart around her and she needs to get out. /> /> /> Her boss Charlie has his own problems -- 4.3 billion of them, to be precise, hidden in an off-shore account. /> /> /> Austin is the businessman -- the VC. He's the one with the plan and the one to keep the geeks in line. /> /> /> BJ was there from the start, but while Charlie's star rose, BJ sank into the depths of customer service. He pads his hours at the call-center slaying on-line orcs, stealing your loot, and selling it on the internet. But when one of them is gunned down in a parking lot, the survivors become players in a very different kind of game. Caught between the dangerous worlds of the Russian Mafia and international finance, Dagmar must draw on all her resources -- not least millions of online gamers-- to track down the killer. In this near-future thriller, Walter Jon Williams weaves a pulse-pounding tale of intrigue, murder, and games where you don't get an extra life."@en
  • "College friends united by their love of online games make their passion a successful business, until a currency crash and government coup strand one of them in a foreign country and their alternate reality games suddenly blur the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds, threatening real fortunes and real lives."@en
  • "College friends united by their love of online games make their passion a successful business, until a currency crash and government coup strand one of them in a foreign country and their alternate reality games suddenly blur the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds, threatening real fortunes and real lives."

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Science fiction"@en

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  • "This is not a game : a novel of greed, betrayal, and social networking"@en
  • "Off : Thriller"
  • "This is not a game : [you don't get a second life]"
  • "This is not a game"
  • "This is not a game"@en
  • "Off Thriller"
  • "This is not a game a novel"@en