New Release: The Game Within (a speculative suspense thriller)

[Clyde]

Hello group. My first novel, The Game Within, was released December 4th. It's a suspense thriller set ten years in the future. Does that make it sci-fi? Not necessarily. Probably most the technology discussed is possible today and only acts as a backdrop to the story.

From the jacket:

The idea has always been to escape. That desire to be somebody we’re not is strong in humans. We like to pretend. Sure, as we age we get more sophisticated about hiding it, but make no mistake, we never tire of make-believe. The World Within is make-believe elevated to its highest imagining. A different place where you can be a different person.

- Marcus Helkar
December, 2026

Brilliant game designer Marcus Helkar created something spectacular. A place so enticing, so consuming, players forgot about real life. It wasn't playing a game. It was living in a different world.

Until the locks were removed. Until the game changed the rules.

Now Marcus must stop the game he created before it becomes too real. And he can only do it from within the game itself. If he can't correct the problem soon enough he'll never be able to get out and neither will anybody else.

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The Game Within is available now on Amazon.