To some left with nothing, winning becomes everything In a post-virus world, a daring sport is taking the US by storm. It's frenetic, violent and involves teams attacking one another with swords and hammers. The aim: to obtain your opponent's head and carry it through the goalposts. Impossible? Not if the players have Hayden's Syndrome. Unable to move, Hayden's sufferers use robot bodies, which they operate mentally. So in this sport anything goes, no one gets hurt - and crowds and competitors love it. Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. But is it an accident? FBI agents Chris Shane and Leslie Vann are determined to find out. In this game, fortunes can be made - or lost. And both players and owners will do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field. Praise for John Scalzi'Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters' The Times'Plot twists worthy of a Raymond Chandler novel' Huffington Post 'Top-notch' Washington Post

The standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed SF thriller, Lock In