In a near-future London, an eccentric murder suspect is linked to an unusual video game from the 1990s - a game populated by cute, evolving artificial lifeforms.
Set in the near-future, the police arrest an aged man, Cameron Walker, for murder after his DNA matches that on a long-cold case. In custody he tells them his story: his background as a video game reviewer and in particular how he was introduced to the world of Thronglets.—grantss
