The Never Game

A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Crime Novel Of The Year Now In Paperback, The First Installment In The New Series By Master Of Suspense Jeffery Deaver--about Which, Lee Child Raves, No One In The World Does This Kind Of Thing Better. You Have Been Abandoned. A Young Woman Has Gone Missing In Silicon Valley And Her Father Has Hired Colter Shaw To Find Her. The Son Of A Survivalist Family, Shaw Is An Expert Tracker. Now He Makes A Living As A Reward Seeker, Traveling The Country To Help Police Solve Crimes And Private Citizens Locate Missing Persons. But What Seems A Simple Investigation Quickly Thrusts Him Into The Dark Heart Of America's Tech Hub And The Cutthroat Billion-dollar Video-gaming Industry. Escape If You Can. When Another Victim Is Kidnapped, The Clues Point To One Video Game With A Troubled Past--the Whispering Man. In That Game, The Player Has To Survive After Being Abandoned In An Inhospitable Setting With Five Random Objects. Is A Madman Bringing The Game To Life? Or Die With Dignity. Shaw Finds Himself Caught In A Cat-and-mouse Game, Risking His Own Life To Save The Victims Even As He Pursues The Kidnapper Across Both Silicon Valley And The Dark Net. Encountering Eccentric Game Designers, Trigger-happy Gamers And Ruthless Tech Titans, He Soon Learns That He Isn't The Only One On The Hunt: Someone Is On His Trail And Closing Fast. The Never Game Proves Once More Why Deaver Is A Genius When It Comes To Manipulation And Deception (associated Press).