Excellent book, love it! Looking forward to more from this author! Apologies for the lateness of my review

I loved the premise of this book, a dystopian future with cyber punk and a mix of thriller. It felt like this could make either a good video game or movie/tv series. I was a little lost at the beginning, I felt like I missed a chapter or two as I wish the author would describe the worlds move and how our protagonist got to where he was in Verisim and gave a bit more of a backstory. about how it came to be but also just how it got to the state that is was in. You kind of figured it out as you read out. Dylan McKnight, who was a former cop in the real world, now working as a detective in Verisim, becomes suspicious of this seemingly perfect digital world when a series of unusual murders, caused by a mysterious figure who seems to know more about Dylan than he would like. This makes him confront the harsh reality of the outside world devastated by war, environmental collapse and just choas

This seems like it will be at least a trilogy, so maybe the author will dive more into the 2 worlds.
It was hard for me to get into, but about half way, the story picked up for me. There were parts that I really enjoyed, but others I hoped would be described more or just given more information.