| In a not too distant future, a time frighteningly close to our own, the world's population has been restricted to walled-in cities, in the interest of preserving the surrounding wilderness from imminent catastrophe. The only ones allowed out are high-ranking politicians and corporate bigwigs, and of course their heavily militarized escorts. For ordinary folks, contact with "nature" comes only through high-tech simulators. Paul is an ace at the vivid, virtual-reality hunting games, but his heart hungers for the real thing, the chance to hunt live game in the true outdoors, as his forefathers did. A friend with a little pull in the government can arrange a furtive visit to the wild: but thanks to a top-secret experiment gone awry and other dire developments, Paul and his friends will have to put their real killing skills to far greater tests than expected... |
