Ghost shares exciting news with Ariel and Jenna—an advanced new VR simulation has just launched. It's a high-stakes hostage rescue mission: infiltrate Tartarus and save Princess Persephone from the clutches of the malevolent wizard, Hades.

Intrigued, they hesitate only briefly before Ghost seals the deal with an irresistible temptation. But there's a catch. To enter Tartarus, they must first die. And in this simulation, dead in cyberspace means dead in reality.

What they don't know is that the game is a death trap. Under pressure from Lidia Gates, the VR simulation was rushed into release without testing. Anyone who jacks in is zeroed out in the real world before they even enter the simulation—a series of meaningless code masquerading as a thrilling adventure.

Can Ariel and Jenna defy fate and return from death? Their journey into the underworld is about to begin.