Sentenced to spend the rest of his days behind bars, Nicholas Phire had no hope of freedom. That is, until an unexpected act of kindness from a solitary prison guard changed everything. Instead of cold steel and concrete, Nix awakens in Colonial—a vast virtual reality world. Assigned to live out a century as a Lifestyle player in the icy frontier village of the Gladis Hub, he’s given a second life far from the world he once knew. As the frozen winds howl across the polar expanse, Nix must choose: remain in quiet isolation or chase the promise of adventure in a realm where the boundaries of reality are blurred.