[Colter Shaw 01] • The Never Game

**From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw.** *"You have been abandoned."* A 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. *"Escape if you can.”* When another victim is kidnapped, the clues point to one video game with a troubled past-— *The Whispering Man*. 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? *"Or die with dignity.”* Shaw 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. *The Never Game* proves once more why “Deaver is a genius when it comes to manipulation and deception” (Associated Press).