What would you do if your greatest enemy was disguised...as your very own thoughts? In a bid to transcend disease, aging and death, humanity has abandoned the real world by uploading consciousness into a virtual replica called Avalon. Malcolm Alter stays behind, believing it's his duty to reconcile with the bittersweet transience of life-that it's the crucible in which the human spirit is forged. But when Malcolm's conscious mind is imprisoned within...