The Gamekeeper raises the stakes

The gamekeeper and Lance carry out a campaign to change the “game” and divert the seekers’ attention and halt their inquiries. The wholesale changes that all four seekers experience are staggering, and in some instances, life threatening. The heroes’ wrestle with reality, as they struggle to adapt to sudden, changed lifestyles, and a realization for Trey, Fatima and Aaravi that if there is a simulation, there are “cracks” in the computer code behind a sim.