La Cité, Volume 1: La Lumière Blanche, by Karim Ressouni-Demigneux

Warning n°1: if you read this book, your suffering will be harsh, waiting for the next four books to come.
Warning n°2: In THE CITY, never talk about your life outside the game, otherwise the white light will weigh down on you.
Warning n°3: It’s better not to miss any step of THE CITY, particularly the first one…

Imagine a revolutionary worldwide game, timeless but in real time, a virtual game filled with true life. A game one doesn’t play, but one lives. A game in which one can smell, feel, cry, bleed, through another body. A game where you don’t choose your friends, or your enemies. A game in which anything can happen, be younger, older, love, and even die. An absolute puzzle, all has to be discovered, even the goal of the game… This game exists: it’s THE CITY. Like 10 million other people on Earth, Thomas had the chance to subscribe. And his life is already changing…

240 pages, a five-volume series

Rights sold: Russian