From Barnes & NobleAs he tags along from casino to casino with his gambler father, Tom Raines has only one real escape: the virtual reality games that he has learned to master in hotel rooms. With little warning, his refuge becomes the opportunity for a new career. His advanced computer skills bring him an appointment to the Pentagonal Spire, an elite military academy where new futuristic war technologies are developed. Suddenly everything seems possible, even a girlfriend. Waiting in the wings, though, is a crisis that could bring everything down. A smoothly crafted novel about graduating from virtual realities to real world decisions. (P.S. Rick Riordan fans will enjoy author S.J. Kincaid's use of Greek and Arthurian folklore.
