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'The Xandra Function' explores the links between reality and the increasingly complex world of computer games, taking readers on a thrilling journey where the very concept of what is reality comes into question.
Based in a dark-edged near future where corporations have become ever more powerful, it tells the story of Fran McCallister, a games designer who has spent five years developing the most powerful virtual reality game ever created.
Players enter the mystical world of Marjaalia, where they become Sirios, a Thieftaker intent on gaining revenge for her brother's murder. This is not simply a first-person-view computer game, however, it is a first-person-experience computer game. Players are immersed in the virtual world at such a depth they can feel the heat of the sun, smell their surroundings and know the actual thoughts of the character they are playing.
But Fran McCallister's dreams of giving game-players a truly immersive adventure are ruined when the software company she works for sells the game to a mystery buyer who wants it for a completely different - and very much darker - purpose.
In an attempt to save the game, she steals it and goes on the run. But then the game takes on a life of its own and the boundaries between the real world and Marjaalia start to blur. When Fran McCallister's lover, Richard Cabot, becomes
trapped inside the game and is heading for almost certain death, Fran knows that what was once a dream has suddenly become a nightmare.
Two interlinked tales in both the real world and the virtual world of Marjaalia weave their way to the conclusion where the big question - why is Sir Marcus Evershed so desperate to get his hands on the game? - is answered.
At a time when computer games are becoming such a big part of popular culture, `The Xandra Function' outlines a possible - and disturbing - future. Will computer games become so real that the world inside the game is as real as the world outside it? And what would happen if virtual characters started to gain a sentient life?
In his first science fiction novel, `The Janus Effect,' published in 2005, Alan Cash explored a future where eugenics was the dominant philosophy and time travel was possible. `The Xandra Function' continues his thought-provoking and intriguing slant on the genre with another fast-paced adventure that will keep readers turning the pages.
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