What do you get for the man who has everything?
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
suicide
sibling relationship
san francisco, california
birthday
gun
key
manipulation
restaurant
danger of life
birthday party
game
millionaire
surprising
trapped in an elevator
birthday present
investment banker
puzzlement