Playing A Losing Game

A thriller set in an alternative 1999 Washington DC, the story follows players engaged in a computerized war game with real world consequences and in real world espionage with consequences for the Game.Like most teenagers, Rouge is trying to figure out who she is and what she wants to be. With little knowledge about her past, she has questions but has never tried to find the answers. Everything changes when she befriends a strangely intoxicating family. Siblings Grace and Michael, appear to have secrets which seem connected to Rouge. Her hunch is confirmed when a horrible incident occurs at an outdoor party. Rouge may be the only one who can find the answer.An ancient journal, a Sioghra necklace and a special mark force life-altering decisions for a girl who grew up unprepared to fight for her life or others.All secrets have a cost and Rouge’s determination to find the truth can only lead to trouble…or something even more sinister.