“World’s Gate” is an indie Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online (VRMMO) Video Game that elevates experimental software to create fantasy realism at an unprecedented level. Or so they say.

Groundbreaking technology aside, it’s the perfect escape for Eve, rejected by her best friend, attending a new school, and looking to try to make some connections online—or at the very least, get her mind off the lingering flutter her heart makes at the thought of Eve’s former crush. Who also plays the same VRMMO.

Weird how that works.

The game’s realism doesn’t disappoint, and Eve, afraid of getting recognized in-game by her former friend, gets roped into beta-testing a frivolous Game Developer’s latest—potentially glitchy—Player Character Race, the half-Elf. And true to the dev’s promise, Eve is unrecognizable—as a boy.

What strange adventures, loves, and betrayals will Eve experience as Hero is flung into this fantasy virtual world’s violent in-game politics and twisted Player-led history?