Nineteen-year-old James is living the life: even though he is a college dropout, he is rich and Internet famous for crushing his online enemies five times in a row in the world championships of the MMORPG known as "The Wrath of Heaven." People call him “King” while hailing his Holy Fingers, which he uses at critical times during a game. It has become a spectacle among his followers, even haters, to see his fingers glide on his keyboard like a swan attacking its prey.
Indeed, James is the It Boy, the Gaming Superstar – an unbeatable king – but not for long. He receives an anonymous message about a trap, so he asks his staff to investigate, but they can't decode the message nor can they find the sender.
Little did he know that a mercenary lurks among the set of players for this year’s championship. A mysterious gamer bent on humiliating him is able to hack the game's coding to force James to live as the most dispensable character – a sidekick whose task is to die a violent death to let the hero continue his quest. In-game, he discovers that he bleeds, and the prospect of dying is very real.
Can the arrogant King outwit the game, rewrite his character’s destiny, and return to the real world?
Author intimidos