Is violence caused by computer games? That's the issue tackled in this gripping new book from the author of THE GIRL WHO KNEW, THE NOWHERE BOY and other titles.

Brad doesn't want to encourage a friendship with Colford, a loner who seems to live in a fantasy world (he even talks to statues!) because the real one is so awful.

But Colford always has the latest computer games and technology...and Brad would rather play on the computer than do anything else.

But the games start to drift from harmless fantasy to dangerous reality as Colford begins to find it difficult to distinguish between the present and the past. And when Colford begins wearing World War I army uniforms, he really is on the edge...