[New edition, without illustrations, allowing wider publication.]

In a future heavily dependent on virtual reality, you get yourself deep in trouble in an immersive VR game.

With a universal basic income following the peaceful "AI revolution", and direct neural links to immersive digital worlds, most people now choose to live and socialise via virtual reality.

You are John Lemure, one of the best and most highly respected fantasy adventure gamers, with many millions of followers sharing and observing your experiences in one challenging fantasy setting after another.

In the male-dominated milieu of the Arabian Nights fantasy setting, you have had many hair-breadth escapes and acquired enormous wealth from your gaming. You've also had many astonishing sexual experiences, witnessed and even shared virtually by your followers, while acquiring a large and satisfying harem.

In fact, you thought the game was just ending...