{"product_id":"9780593104286","title":"The Never Game (Colter Shaw Series #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Crime Novel of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You have been abandoned.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Escape if you can.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen another victim is kidnapped, the clues point to one video game with a troubled past—\u003ci\u003eThe Whispering Man\u003c\/i\u003e. 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Or die with dignity.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShaw 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Never Game\u003c\/i\u003e proves once more why \"Deaver is a genius when it comes to manipulation and deception\" (Associated Press).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversified Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828063678704,"sku":"9780593104286","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780593104286_p0.jpg?v=1771955637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780593104286","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}