What is the price for the perfect life, a perfect world? In a time where virtual reality simulations can surpass anything money can buy in the real world, this is not just a philosophical musing. For Erika Verne and her daughter, Veronica, this is the defining question of their lives. In a stratified society that leaves the underclass to survive in a world of smog, Erika makes the ultimate desperate gamble. Putting her daughter's life in the hands of a fabled corporation, its enigmatic founder, and his utopic virtual-reality simulation, she made the only decision she thought made sense-the only way to give her daughter the perfect life. But what is the price of perfection? Is it just maternal sacrifice or is there more to it than Erika ever imagined? Can love still bridge not just class boundaries but existential ones as well? Is the human soul equipped for the sublime? In their saga, Erika and Veronica will not only confront life's big questions, but what happens when mother and daughter can't agree on the answers. Expect a character-driven psychological and philosophical sci-fi epic that, despite its grandest, headiest, and dizziest explorations of the human condition, never strays from its heart-the perfectly imperfect love of a mother-daughter relationship. Along the way, you'll meet broken people trying their best to heal, worlds that have long stopped trying, and a young woman who will inspire, frustrate, and terrify in equal measure.