From James Dashner author of the 1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series comes the first book in the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series an edgeofyourseat cyberadventure trilogy that includes The Rule of Thoughts and The Game of Lives. Includes a sneak peek of The Fever Code the highly anticipated conclusion to the Maze Runner seriesthe novel that finally reveals how the Maze was built The VirtNet offers total mind and body immersion and the more hacking skills you have the more fun it is. Why bother following the rules when its so easy to break them But some rules were made for a reason. Some technology is too dangerous to fool with. And one gamer has been doing exactly that with murderous results. The government knows that to catch a hacker you need a hacker. And theyve been watching Michael. If he accepts their challenge Michael will need to go off the VirtNet grid to the back alleys and corners of the system human eyes have never seenand its possible that the line between game and reality will be blurred forever. Praise for the Mortality Doctrine Series Dashner takes full advantage of the Matrixesque potential for asking what is real. io9.com Set in a world taken over by virtual reality gaming the series perfectly captures Dashners hallmarks for inventiveness teen dialogue and an ability to add twists and turns like no other author. MTV.com A brilliant visceral gamified mashup of The Matrix and Inception guaranteed to thrill even the nongaming crowd. Christian Science Monitor show more