"Ben, étudiant à Oxford, est engagé par son professeur pour prendre part à une expérience secrète de mesure des émotions. On lui greffe un appareil qui enregistre les pulsions électriques de son cerveau et on l'envoie le tester dans un luxueux hôtel de la côte du Kenya en compagnie d'une autre étudiante, Cara. Mais le paradis attendu se transforme vite en enfer..."
"After agreeing to participate in an experiment in the biology of human emotion for his Oxford tutor in exchange for a trip to a luxury resort in Kenya, Ben Ashurst soon discovers the terrifying reality behind the seeming paradise as he becomes ensnared in a lethal and cunning labyrinth linked to his tutor's obesession with game theory."
"When Ben Ashurst agrees to participate in a study of the biology of human emotions for his charismatic Oxford tutor, he can't begin to imagine what lies ahead. With a luxury resort on a beach in Kenya as the site of the experiment and his beautiful new girlfriend along for company, it seems the perfect way to spend the Christmas holidays. But paradise starts to lose its luster when, without warning, Ben finds the experiment veering from abstract scientific theory into terrifyingly real danger."