Written by J.D. Robb - Audio book performed by Susan Ericksen - Unabridged Fiction - 11 RETAIL EDITION COMPACT DISCS - 12 hours

Publisher, Brilliance Audio (February 2010)

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“Nora Roberts is cool.” —Stephen King

“Tough as nails and still sexy as hell.” —Stephen King

“Can’t-miss pleasures.” —Harlan Coben

“Wonderful!” —Robert B. Parker

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb.

Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, enters his private room, and eagerly can’t wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to take on the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company’s latest top-secret project, Fantastical.

The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Lieutenant Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game. . . .

She is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock was murdered as determining who did the murdering. The victim’s girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky but brilliant partners at U-Play appear shocked as well. No one seems to have had a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire.

Of course, success can attract jealousy, and gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks — as Eve’s husband, Roarke, one of U-Play’s competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naive, and he knew how to fight back in the real world as well as the virtual one.

Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction — and the price of defeat is death.

About the Author: J.D. Robb (real name Eleanor Marie Robertson - AKA Nora Roberts) is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including High Noon, Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Northern Lights. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 280 million copies of her books in print.

About the Performer: Audie award winner Susan Ericksen performs on the East Coast on stage and television. She also appears regularly with the Hope College Summer Repertory Company, of which her husband David Colacci, another Brilliance Audio narrator, is artistic director. Susan has recorded over 90 titles for Brilliance, including J.D. Robb's In Death series.