This is not a game by Walter Jon Williams.
Once upon a time, there were four of them. And though each was good at a number of things, all of them were very good at games …But when one of them is gunned down in a parking lot, the survivors become players in a very different kind of game – one that is played for the highest stake of all. Now they must draw on all their resources – not least millions of online gamers – to track down the killer. Imagine a game with no boundaries. Waiting in a parking lot, sitting at your computer, walking down the street – you could be called at any moment, and you’d better be ready. This is not a game.