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Velveteen

Everyone was sick in those days. Even me.
Especially me.

Long Island is in the deadky throes of a terrible outbreak, but six-year-old Cassie Stemple's only thoughts are for her recently deceased baby brother and her pet rabbit. As her parents desperately try to protect themselves from the pestilence swiftly overtaking the island, they fail to notice much more insidious disease killing Cassie: negligence.

After her beloved rabbit unexpectedly dies, Cassie begins to fade. Her parents make a final attempt to escape the horrors they seemingly cannot outrun. But Cassie's refusals, put them even further in jeopardy.

She knows she can save them all, she just needs time. After all, that’s how nursery magic works.

But time is one luxury they don't have.

Velveteen is a standalone novella. It was inspired by a scene from Season One Episode Four, Sunder the Hollow Ones.

I recommend reading this story anytime between Episodes Five, Prometheus Wept, and Eight, Jacker's Code.

For guidance on reading order, scroll down.

Infected

Taken from the private collection of the disgraced former commander of the Undead Omegaman Forces, these top secret documents contain vital information about key players in the development of Reanimation Technology, the construction of GAMELAND, and the politics behind the civil war that fractured the United States and gave rise to the Southern States Coalition.

Includes:

Timeline of key events
Character watch list
Glossary of important terms
What really happened in Eugene Halliwell's laboratory the night he injected himself with Reanimation virus?
Was Halliwell’s zombie really behind Richard Daniels' death?
How did The Life Service Law come into being?
And how did we come to accept the living dead among us?
Transcripts from the Congressional Hearings on Reanimation Technology
Fully annotated voice transcript from the infamous Golgotha Event
Articles on the rise of zombies in popular culture

This guide may be read at any time after Golgotha.

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A Dark and Sure Descent

It's the summer of 2030. The government is experimenting with a new digital transmission network on Long Island. That's not all they're bringing.

This is the true account of a biomedical disaster that changed the world in the most terrifying way imaginable… and it all started with a single bite.

After the unexplained death of their newborn son, experimental biologists Lyssa and Ramon Stemple find themselves the focus of a brutal murder investigation involving an employee at their controversial animal research laboratory. The case takes a shocking twist when the slaying is linked to a mysterious and deadly new virus sweeping Long Island.

As they attempt to flee the scourge and their unjust persecution, their six-year-old daughter Cassie begins to show the first signs of infection. Desperate to save their only child, one parent will attempt a treatment so radical, so unthinkably horrific, that it will render the looming Apocalypse inconsequential.

A Dark and Sure Descent is a standalone novel in, and second prequel to, the world of GAMELAND. The events in this current book take place a few years after Golgotha and a dozen years before the series begins.

I recommend reading this story between the two Jessie's Game books in Season Two, Signs of Life and Dead Reckoning.

For guidance on reading order, scroll down.

Love, Virtuality,
and the Good Kill

Coming soon

Years before his sister Jessie ventures into Gameland, Eric Daniels wins a coveted spot in the Omegaman Force, an elite Marine team of killers once commanded by his grandfather, "The Colonel." Eric's job is to take out high priority targets using the Reanimation Technology his father created. And he's good at it. Very good.

Some might even say too good.

Collateral kills are always a risk, especially when the weapon - and target - are thousands of miles from your center of operations, but Eric's record is nearly spotless, something he takes immense pride in. But he'll soon learn that kills aren't always so clean, and the victims aren't always deserving.

Love, Virtuality, and the Good Kill is a standalone short story in the upcoming multi-author anthology The Future Chronicles: The Gamer Chronicles. It is the opening story of a planned new series based in the GAMELAND world.

This story and the planned series many be read at any time before, during, or after any of the other GAMELAND books.

For guidance on reading order, scroll down.

RECOMMENDED READING ORDER:
Golgotha (before Ep. Six)
Episode One - Deep Into the Game
Episode Two - Failsafe
Episode Three - Deadman's Switch
Episode Four Sunder the Hollow Ones
Velveteen (after Ep. 4)
Episode Five - Prometheus Wept
Episode Six - Kingdom of Players
Episode Seven - Tag, You're Dead
Episode Eight - Jacker's Code
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Infected - Hacked Files from the GAMELAND Archive
Jessie's Game Book 1, Signs of Life
A Dark and Sure Descent
Jessie's Game Book 2, Dead Reckoning
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Love, Virtuality, and the Good Kill