At the end of book two, Asha Kennedy (Lisbeth Salander for a new generation) uncovered the dark secret at the heart of Virtual Reality game \'Shackle\' - You don\'t play the game; it plays you - and was drawn deep into a dangerous world of corruption and greed: discovering the puppet master Lydia Rock and being betrayed by her mentor Jones in the most brutal way. Now on the run with her love, Dark, Asha knows she\'s entering the endgame: the stakes have never been higher and she\'s playing to win. Because to lose would mean the end of everything...