Each of the Net Force novels is a tale of the potential that virtual reality has to revolutionize life for the better, and of the dangers presented by those who wish to use the technology to harm and rule others. The Net Force Explorers are the vanguard of the forces of freedom, using their ingenuity to keep the Internet a place of liberty and safety.

The Deadliest Game extrapolates from a present-day phenomenon, the on-line computer game. On-line games take many forms, but they are all played via the Internet, usually from a personal computer and a modem. Games can take the forms of traditional card games and board games, simulations such as flying jet aircraft, war games in which battles old or modern or future are fought, fighting games in which players engage in combat either hand-to-hand or with modern weapons such as rifles and...