Virtually Dead — Michelle L. Levigne

For six hundred years, the Khybor scientists on Ayvystal slept, through the destruction of their civilization. Now the new civilization built on the ruins above them threatens their existence.Caspya is their Sentinel, their guardian. She must make contact with the living, waking world above them, find allies, and recover their life tubes before any more members of their virtual reality Community are killed. Or worse, found by the heirs of the enemy who sent them into hiding long ago.Problem: The language and culture have changed in six hundred years.Bigger problem: Finding someone to believe her.Biggest problem: She can't leave her life tube. The only way to make contact...is by animating the recently deceased.