Joel

He's a gamer. He's a loner. He's about to be recruited into an alien war.

Joel Beckett spends his nights grinding in a full-dive VRMMORPG, escaping a fractured home life and a world that makes no sense. Online, he's a raid leader, a tactician, and a rising god of the game. In reality, he's just another forgotten teen stuck between broken parents and high school humiliations.

But when a mysterious entity appears in his dreams-a crimson-skinned warrior with knowledge of Joel's every move-the line between game and reality shatters.

Joel has been chosen, not as a hero, but as a warrior whose proxy-killing is serving his master.