SageTech called it the future of gaming. The players called it something else — from inside a world they couldn't leave.
When Ascension's death becomes permanent, Daniel and his two closest friends are thrown into a war they never signed up for. Factions rise, alliances collapse, and the line between surviving and losing yourself gets thinner with every fight. Daniel has one rule — there are things he won't do to stay alive. But rules are easy to keep until the people you love start dying.
Sixty million players entered Ascension.
Not all of them deserve to leave.