The release date for the English version of 'City of Golden Shadow' by
Tad Williams is Jan 1998. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
In the South Africa of the future, Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher, notices an issue with the network. Children have signed onto the net and are unable to get out, including her brother Stephen. The detectives all perish while following the clues that lead to the enigmatic golden metropolis known as Otherland.