Arena by Holly Jennings

ARENA is first in a new series featuring a futuristic version of virtual gaming where the best gamers in the world compete, taking on avatars and battling it out in a no-holds-barred fight, in the arena where the more bloodshed the better. Like Gladiators who battle with weapons and armor, each player feels each stab and each thrust in this new sensory game where digital deaths are the acceptable norm. i