Wayward Fates (Rendering Nirayel, #1)

Doctor Orval Kwibee is faced with military encroachment upon his governmentally backed virtual flight simulator enhancement project. He devises a plan to salvage his career by using a special presentation to stave off a very insistent Colonel Hereford. Kwibee offers a briefing that largely escapes the Colonel, owing to the latters lack of technical prowess, and follows the briefing with a live demonstration. Here, the Colonel comes to realize that one of the many enhancements includes the vast alteration in ones perception of time while inside the virtual modifications. Another point of interest is the programs ability to reshape the memories and identities of the subject or subjects in any way that the program determines, so as to achieve its objectives.