The Web - 2028 Series by Simon Spanton, Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod, Pat Cadigan, Eric Brown, Maggie Furey, James Lovegrove

Dave and Louise are arch-rivals in Crisis Crater, the new combat game on the Web, but when they fall foul of the shadowy conspirators and paranoid Webcops who are drawn to the Cydonia site on the Web, they soon find that the only way to survive is to join forces.

In this vision of the future from six of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy, the Web is the Internet of the future - a vast network of virtual reality sites that have become the playground for the children of the world and the site of humankind's first contact.