The Atopia Chronicles - Atopia series Author:Matthew Mather What could be worse than letting billions die? In the near future, to escape the crush and clutter of a packed and polluted Earth, the world?s elite flock to Atopia, an enormous corporate-owned artificial island in the Pacific Ocean. It is there that Dr. Patricia Killiam rushes to perfect the ultimate in virtual reality: a program to save the ra... more »vaged Earth from mankind?s insatiable appetite for natural resources. The Atopia Chronicles (Book 1 of the Atopia series) is the tale of mankind?s dark slide across the apocalypse as humans and machines merge in a world teetering on the brink of ecological ruin.« less