Everett Starner is a nobody. He doesn't play sports. He's not smart enough to stand out in school. He's barely worth bullying. He's not really good at anything except video games, which would be fine ... if they didn't randomly trigger his epilepsy.
That is, until The Interface: the newest gaming accessory that puts the game in your mind. When he plays Realms of Glory, he doesn't watch Everstarr level up and score loot, he is Everstarr. He becomes the somebody he can never be in real life.
It's fun at first -- his clan rises in the ranks and catches the attention of some powerful rivals. But during an epic battle, everything gets real. Too real. Players suddenly vanish. Kills do not respawn. Everett ends up trapped in the game with just a few friends -- and who knows how many enemies. He doesn't know how they got locked in, but he knows they all need to get out soon.
Everett finally has a chance to be somebody in real life ... if only he can get back out there before it's too late.