The Net Force series begins with Net Force, which is almost a hybrid novel, most of it seeming to be aimed at adult audiences but with long sections seemingly designed to attract young adult readers. In the passages detailing how youngsters help to identify and then track down the terrorist responsible for ordering the murders of Net Force and Mafia leaders and for numerous computer virus attacks on important computer systems, Net Force lays the groundwork for its sequels, all aimed at young adult readers.

Following Virtual Vandals, The Deadliest Game offers a deeper, more immersive experience of the virtual reality of 2025 than do its predecessors. Much of the action takes place in a grand, richly detailed online computer game called Sarxos, a fantasy world of wizards and lords and a multitude of quasi-medieval figures, some played by real people and some invented by the game...