Lieutenant Eve Dallas' suspicions about three apparent suicides are confirmed when autopsies reveal small burns on the victims' brains. Her investigation leads to the world of virtual reality games, where techniques to create joy and desire could also be used to prompt self-destructive behavior. When the autopsies of three suspicious suicides reveal small burns on the brains of the victims, Eve's investigation turns to the provocative world of virtual reality games--where the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction. J.D. Robb is the pseudonym of author Nora Roberts.
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