Humans control other humans in mass-scale; multi-player online games: people play people for keeps. At the heart of mind-control technology and the creator of these controversial games is reclusive billionaire Ken Castle. His latest brainchild, the first-person shooter game Slayers, allows millions to act out their most savage fantasies online in front of a global audience, using real prisoners as avatars with whom they fight to the death. The superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent Slayers is Kable who is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status. Week after week Simon defies all odds by guiding Kable to victory. But Kable, forced to fight against his will, is desperate to escape the game. Can this modern-day gladiator survive long enough to free his imprisoned family, regain his identity and finally rid mankind of Castle's ruthless technology.