What happens when a fantasy becomes so real you cannot wake from it? There is no logging out. Is it a dream? Is it real? Or is what you thought was just a game was actually the real world all along? How can you tell what is real?
Deanna Turner needed a paycheck, which meant lying about her video game skills to earn a position as a games tester at the country’s biggest publisher. But beneath their cute mascots lie Necromancer CEOs, Succubi HR, and Minotaur guards.
What would you do if your mind invited you to a place where you could escape the world around you? Would you be enticed? Would you trust it? At first, Ialu is a sanctuary for people who are overtaken by their mental illnesses. But how stable is it?
