The Divergent Fates Anthology

by Matthew S. Cox

A collection of eleven stories from nine authors set in the Divergent Fates universe.Delve into the Badlands in The Old City with Althea from the Awakened series, as well as JS Hughes’ Last Flight, J.P. Sloan’s Snake Oil, and Wilbert Stanton’s Prophet’s Wake.Visit the cyber-enhanced world of West City with Kirsten from the Division Zero series in Loose Ends, Nina Duchenne from the Virtual Immortality series, and in Mark W. Woodring’s The Contractor.James Wymore’s Special Project zooms across 2418 Korea with illicit hovercar races.Peek into neo-feudal Japan with Robert Defendi’s Stance-No-Stance, and go deep into Allied Corporate Council territory with Benjamin Sperduto in Sins of the Father and in Patrick Burdine’s Field Test.

350 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2017

About the author

Born in a little town known as South Amboy NJ in 1973, Matthew has been creating science fiction and fantasy worlds for most of his reasoning life. Somewhere between fifteen to eighteen of them spent developing the world in which Division Zero, Virtual Immortality, and The Awakened Series take place. He has several other projects in the works as well as a collaborative science fiction endeavor with author Tony Healey.

Hobbies and Interests:

Matthew is an avid gamer, a recovered WoW addict, Gamemaster for two custom systems (Chronicles of Eldrinaath [Fantasy] and Divergent Fates [Sci Fi], and a fan of anime, British humour (<- deliberate), and intellectual science fiction that questions the nature of reality, life, and what happens after it.

He is also fond of cats.

Reviews

[Chuck Woodbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well done.

Matthew had built a world/history of infinite possibilities, characters, and stories. It’s fun to read other authors adding there own take on this fascinating future society.

[Adalynd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this anthology. I have read a few of the stories multiple times now. Definitely recommend.