In the movies of Emperial, the largest of the Seven Metropolises, everything is real and is broadcast live on TV and on the Screens.
Max Stranger never knows what might happen during his performance in the film. Like the other Actors, he always has to put his mind to sleep so that the Film Coordinators can activate a whole new consciousness hidden in a special microchip in his brain and invented by Film Creators. It’s a consciousness of the Movie Character. When Max starts to play the role with a dormant mind, filmmakers send thoughts to microchip forcing the Character to do everything what script requires.
The worst begins when the ruthless Autarch approves the great production, a post-apocalyptic series – SEVEN PLAYERS. SEASON 1. Max and his girlfriend, Lara, are chosen to be the main characters. The strangest thing is, they have to play the roles of… the lovers.
The action of the series will take place outside the Seven Metropolises where spreads the ravaged wilderness inhabited by unknown mutants. Death can lurk at every turn. Anyone can die. Even a leading actor…
Seven Players is the first instalment of the dystopian series, a novella set in a world of the Seven Metropolises.
Shorty story with an interesting concept. It seems that this is futuristic and for the entertainment of others, one can be an Actor. However, as an Actor one cannot know what their Celebrity does nor do they remember what is was that was acted. The Actors are controlled by some type of android. One terrible fact comes to light...what happens in the movie, can happen in real life.
I have to be upfront and say that I never finished this book. In reading the about section, this sounds like an interesting concept for a story. In reality, it was a very poorly written bit that was very hard to follow. For the portion that I read, I had no idea what was supposed to be real and what wasn't. Grammatically, this thing was a nightmare. Words, sentences, and entire concepts were just plain missing. I choose to move on to something better written and suggest you do the same.