Downloading Masks (The Lord Jester's Legacy #1)

Book One of the Lord Jester's Legacy. When Mark Seaton's father disappears and his mother is murdered, he becomes a pawn in a deadly world of nobles, masked courtiers, and mysterious beings that whisper in his mind. The only way a pawn can survive is to gain position and power. The only way Mark Seaton can be free is to become a player.