Chapters One and Two Summary

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde is a story about a girl named Gianinne Bellisario who is celebrating her fourteenth birthday. Her father gives her a gift certificate to Rasmussem Gaming Center and she decides to use it to become a character in game called 'Heir Apparent'. While she is connected to the game, the Center is invaded by a protest group called C.P.O.C. and the equipment damaged. The usual methods of exiting the game are no longer available and the only way that she can get out again is to complete the game. There is a limited amount of time that she has to accomplish this after which she will likely never recover completely. If she dies in the game, she simple feels a fizzy feeling and finds herself back at the beginning...