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A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Crime Novel of the Year 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