Video game designers Nick and Dan find their half-finished project suddenly replaced with a game that is finished – and brilliant. Soon players everywhere find themselves immersed in an incredible new virtual world. But events in the game become increasingly sinister, taking over the lives of players and blurring the lines with reality.

As Nick's life is thrown into turmoil, he fears for his friend Dan, and his wife Lily, who is drawn to the game as a way to escape her battle with depression. Soon Nick finds himself asking: Where has the game come from? Who made it? What is it for? And most importantly … What does it want from them?

Networked is a thoughtfully written sci-fi novel exploring the strengths and fragilities that make us human.

Networked contains several chapters depicting a character's journey with depression. Some readers may find this content upsetting.

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