{"product_id":"2940149016792","title":"Signs of Life","description":"The water pelts her upturned eyes, yet she does not blink. It pools into the hollows beneath and around the blackened orbs until the solid gray of the sky bursts into brilliant prisms of color, vibrant lakes and oceans of molten light. And if she blinks, it spills out in a kaleidoscope of tears.\u003cbr\u003eIf she could only blink.\u003cbr\u003eThe water turns the darkness away from this dead, empty world and makes it bright once more.\u003cbr\u003eYes, the rain is good. The rain is as close to life as she can come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* * * from Jessie’s Game: Signs of Life * * *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHER BLOOD HOLDS HUMANITY’S SALVATION. HER HEAD, THE MEANS TO DESTROY IT.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the world teeters on the brink of a technological and biomedical apocalypse, the one entity with the power to intervene, Arc Enterprises, chooses to ignore the warning signs and instead pushes forward with a new twist on their most popular product, THE GAME, where Operators control reanimated Players in a live action virtual reality arcade on abandoned Long Island. After a network lapse threatens an outbreak in her hometown, gamer Jessica Daniels stumbles on a plot to hijack the implants of the living. Now she must stop the hacker before someone she loves dies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 120,000 word novel from the world of GAMELAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor ages 16 and older.\u003cbr\u003e* * * * * * * * * * * * * *\u003cbr\u003eREAD S.W. Tanpepper’s GAMELAND FOR FREE!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks 1 and 2 are available for free:\u003cbr\u003eBook 1: Deep Into the Game \u003cbr\u003eBook 2: Failsafe\u003cbr\u003eOr get the 1+2 package for free \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Hackers, 1 Game... 10,000 Undead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone loves SURVIVALIST, a live-action, virtual reality show based on Arc Entertainment's THE GAME, where cybernetically controlled zombies do battle in a video arcade in the middle of a Long Island wasteland. It's to die for.\u003cbr\u003eIf you're rich enough, you can buy your way in. If you're desperate enough, you can volunteer to become one of the Undead Players. Jessie Daniels and her gang of computer hackers plan to break their way in.\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to GAMELAND. Access Restricted.\u003cbr\u003e* * * * * * * * * * * * * *\u003cbr\u003eWant more GAMELAND?\u003cbr\u003eFor insight into the world of GAMELAND, including how it all started, check out the short story GOLGOTHA, available individually in digital format as well as in the short story collection SHORTING THE UNDEAD AND OTHER HORRORS, by the same author.\u003cbr\u003eAlso available from the world of GAMELAND:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINFECTED: HACKED FILES FROM THE GAMELAND ARCHIVE. Includes a timeline of key events, a glossary of terms, character dossiers, essays, articles and never-before-released voice transcripts from the GOLGOTHA recordings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVELVETEEN: The story of Cassie, a six-year-old girl-turned-zombie, who has been trapped in a bathroom... until her inadvertent release twelve years later (by Jessie in Episode 4 of GAMELAND). Cassie has something she needs to do, something she's been thinking about for a long, long time. A terrifying twist on a classic children's tale.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brinestone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108918903024,"sku":"2940149016792","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149016792_p0.jpg?v=1763711075","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149016792","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}