Book description
The Demi-Monde is the most advanced simulation ever devised. Thirty
million people ruled by history s cruellest tyrants, locked in eternal
civil conflict. The intention: to create the closest thing to Hell, and
prepare soldiers for the nightmarish environment of war. But something
has gone badly wrong. Reinhard Heydrich or at least a simulacrum
resembling the Nazi monster has kidnapped the President s daughter from
the Real-World and concealed her within the Demi-Monde, making it
impossible for the program to be switched off. This achieved, he has cut
off all contact with reality. It falls to Ella Thomas, a young jazz
singer, to infiltrate Heydrich s virtual domain and rescue the missing
girl. But once inside she will discover that everything in the
Demi-Monde is not as it seems, and that the Real-World may be in more
danger than everyone outside realises . . .The Demi-Monde: Winter
introduces readers to one of the most believable, almost extravagantly
detailed worlds ever created, where history s most fascinating figures
and cruellest tyrants rub shoulders with a rich cast of characters. In a
fast-paced, action-packed narrative Rod Rees manages to explore some of
life s deepest dilemmas, and suffuses the story throughout with wit and
humour. The Demi-Monde is the most advanced simulation ever devised.
Thirty million people ruled by history s cruellest tyrants, locked in
eternal civil conflict. The intention: to create the closest thing to
Hell, and prepare soldiers for the nightmarish environment of war. But
something has gone badly wrong. Reinhard Heydrich or at least a
simulacrum resembling the Nazi monster has kidnapped the President s
daughter from the Real-World and concealed her within the Demi-Monde,
making it impossible for the program to be switched off. This achieved,
he has cut off all contact with reality. It falls to Ella Thomas, a
young jazz singer, to infiltrate Heydrich s virtual domain and rescue
the missing girl. But once inside she will discover that everything in
the Demi-Monde is not as it seems, and that the Real-World may be in
more danger than everyone outside realises . . .The Demi-Monde: Winter
introduces readers to one of the most believable, almost extravagantly
detailed worlds ever created, where history s most fascinating figures
and cruellest tyrants rub shoulders with a rich cast of characters. In a
fast-paced, action-packed narrative Rod Rees manages to explore some of
life s deepest dilemmas, and suffuses the story throughout with wit and
humour.
