What if you could escape all your problems to live in a beautiful virtual world where life is just a game?
This is exactly what Christine does when she “moves to” Mirror Mountain.
After suffering impossible losses, Christine surrenders her real life and even her memories to plug in full-time to an immersive virtual world.
The rules here are simple: gain currency, build the most beautiful house you can, and try to win a prestigious award which will allow your incredible dream home to be “dragon-proofed,” safe forever from the randomized attacks of the great dragon Cipher.
Whenever the dragon comes along, houses crumble to dust. The owners are left behind to roam the virtual world as disconnected, bodiless spirits.
If Christine can make her house worthy of being dragon-proofed, maybe that strange, ghostly little boy will stop haunting the edges of her vision. Maybe she can finally shake free of whatever past she’s tried to bury and live happily ever after.
The only catch is that the award is voted on by the elite previous winners, and their tastes are… extremely particular.
Christine wants this award more than anything, but in order to make her house appealing to the winners, she will have to sacrifice everything she finds appealing about it herself.
In the meantime, the ghost from her past keeps trying to tell her something—something urgent about the life she left behind and the world she has embraced.
Can she face her fears of it for long enough to listen?
The Dragon-Proofed House is Book 3 of the Torn Curtain Series. If you like science-fi with psychological depth, talking dragons, and fantastical settings, you will love this story by L.E. Henderson.
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