Octagon Author:Fred Saberhagen Young Alex Barrow discovers that a computer game called "Starweb" is unexpectedly deadly. Created by two top scientists, it is also the "home" of a vast computer intelligence named OCTAGON. OCTAGON believes that -- and that Alex and his friends are enemies. — Players scattered across the continent are engaged in a game. Each p... more »layer has certain attributes, including skill, strength, courage, cunning, and daring. Each has his kingdom. Each can ally with or attack any of the others . . . But one player seems to have confused the reality of the game with the reality of the world: a player with the attributes of machinelike precision and mechanical ruthlessness. His name is Octagon, and he's out for blood. Even though he doesn't have any.« less