After receiving some grim news about a colleague, Matt Mollster decides to heed his own advice and head out to attend PHAME, an East Coast fan and media convention, where he hopes he can get his book published. But when attendees and gamers start winding up dead, only Matt can sift through the vague clues and uncover the conspiracy.

Born during the Old West in 1989, M.D. Metro has had time to watch more movies than the human brain was designed to remember. A former video store clerk, M.D. has made Pittsburgh, PA his home. When he's not crafting the next Matt Mollster mystery, he's debating that age old question: do rocks sleep?