What happens when virtual reality becomes as convincing as the real world?
Jack, Megan, Ayo and Cameron are the Raid Mob: four teenage misfits whose lifelong friendship involves obsessing over old films, surviving school bullies … and secretly being four of the best gamers on the entire planet.

When the release of radical VR technology draws them deeper than ever into Distant Dawn, the Raid Mob’s precious online anonymity is shattered. Now, they’ve got everyone’s attention. Including that of an extra-terrestrial menace who’s been watching them from across the stars …