Engineered Magic - A Wrench in her hand

This story involves both science based technology and magic.  It explores how one can become the other. Have you ever thought about how someone could end up living in a game world? I mean besides the easy "I died and was reborn inside a game world!"  I am talking about right here in our scientific universe.  How could it be done?  If a super wealthy software tycoon decided to make the game real, how would they go about doing it?  Now this story isn't about Earth turning into a game.  I've never liked the "everyone dies" at the start of those stories. This story is a version where you can leave all your loved ones safe at home, and still go play.  Maybe not right now, right here, but not that far away either. A Game World might be out there now, just waiting for humans to make that great leap across the dark sea of interstellar space and touch it. A Wrench in her hand In the distant Sigma Draconis system, Control is hiding a dangerous secret about the world of the Game. The secret has driven Control for millennia as it looked for a solution. This dangerous secret is the reason the original species abandoned the Game. Control has tried repeatedly to find an engineer that can fix it. All of them failed. Irene Whitman is the latest System Engineer for the Game. She arrived on the planet as a passenger on the generation colony ship Speedwell. After thirty seven years of playing the Game, Irene finally rose to the sixth tier. In the fourteen years since she has grown into the power of her tier. Irene’s latest project is to set up an academy for the children and young adults of the colony. With the first term of the academy successfully completed it is time for her to explore the demands and benefits of her new employment. Irene, now known as Grandmother inside the structure, will see to the duties of her new position of System Engineer, even as she works on expanding the school and securing the peace. An engineer’s work is never done. If you want to know how Grandmother assembled her team and became a lesser god, read Engineered Magic and A Lesser God available at Amazon. All reviews are genuine.  I do not engage in review swaps. Participant in the Royal Road 2024 November Writathon challenge