VIRTUAL REALITY RETURNS Zak Steepleman: Not your average teenage gamer. He determines to become the greatest gamer on planet Earth. Only one thing stands in his way: His games console. Returning to Gamers Con, Zak can hardly contain his excitement: Video games. Hamburgers. Old friends. Older enemies. And he must prove, once again, that he possesses the inner steel to reach the top.

That he shall become the best. THE SPREAD: THE FIFTH ZAK STEEPLEMAN NOVEL Suggested reading order for the Zak Steepleman Series: Book #1 "Gamers Con" Book #2 "Inside Kids" Book #3 "Phantom Arcade" Book #4 "Echoes of the Undone" Book #5 "The Spread" From Dave Bakers, author of young adult fantasy and science fiction.