Flick of the Switch

The year is 2035, and the world is teetering on the brink of war.

Fourteen-year-old Syd has enough problems without worrying about international conflict. Living in a rundown Michigan trailer park with an unreliable mother and two younger brothers, she's learned to take care of herself and the people who depend on her.

Her escape is video gaming.

Behind a virtual reality headset, Syd becomes someone else: a skilled mech pilot capable of taking on entire armies. In the game, she's in control. In the real world, she has very little.

Then her mother accepts five million dollars in exchange for Syd's participation in a mysterious government program.

Suddenly, Syd is thrust into an unfamiliar world where her gaming talents are more valuable than she ever imagined. As she trains alongside other young recruits, she begins to question the program's true purpose—and what the people running it are willing to sacrifice.

With a global conflict escalating and the distinction between virtual warfare and real combat beginning to disappear, Syd must confront a terrifying possibility:

The game she's been playing may have been preparing her for something far more dangerous.