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Divya Sharma is a queen. Or she is when she's playing Reclaim the Sun, the year's hottest online game. Divya - better known as popular streaming gamer D1V - regularly leads her #AngstArmada on quests through the game's vast and gorgeous virtual universe. But for Divya, this is more than just a game. Out in the real world, she's trading her rising-star status for sponsorships to help her struggling single mom pay the rent.Gaming is basically Aaron Jericho's entire life. Much to his mother's frustration, Aaron has zero interest in becoming a doctor like her, and spends his free time writing games for a local developer. At least he can escape into Reclaim the Sun - and with a trillion worlds to explore, disappearing should be easy. But to his surprise, he somehow ends up on the same remote planet as celebrity gamer D1V.At home, Divya and Aaron grapple with their problems alone, but in the game, they have each other to face infinite new worlds ... and the growing legion of trolls populating them. Soon the virtual harassment seeps into reality when a group called the Vox Populi begin launching real-world doxxing campaigns, threatening Aaron's dreams and Divya's actual life. The online trolls think they can drive her out of the game, but everything and everyone Divya cares about is on the line ... And she isn't going down without a fight.
About the Author
Eric Smith is a Young Adult author and literary agent living in Philadelphia. His next book, Jagged Little Pill: The Novel, a collaboration with Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and Glen Ballard, will be published with Abrams in April 2022. It's an adaptation of the Grammy and Tony award winning musical. His latest books include You Can Go Your Own Way (Inkyard Press) and the acclaimed anthology Battle of the Bands (Candlewick) , co-edited with award-winning author Lauren Gibaldi. It's currently being adapted for film by Playground Entertainment. His novel Don't Read the Comments was a YALSA 2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults selection. The paperback is out now. He has short stories and essays in the anthologies Color Outside the Lines by Sangu Mandanna (Soho Teen) , Body Talk by Kelly Jensen (Algonquin) , Allies by Dana Alison Levy and Shakirah Bourne (DK) , All Signs Point to Yes by Candice Montgomery, cara davis-araux, and Adrianne Russell (Inkyard) , and Adoptee to Adoptee by Nicole Chung and Shannon Gibney (Harper) . His other books include the IndieBound bestseller The Geek's Guide to Dating (Quirk) , Inked (Bloomsbury) , the anthology Welcome Home (Flux) , and contemporary fantasy novel The Girl and the Grove (Flux) .
