Forced Conversion

They can have heaven, but some don't want to go.

Mankind has largely retreated to the realms of virtual reality, where resources are unlimited and the problems of the world can all be avoided. Unfortunately, those who stay behind in the real world pose the only risk to the immortality of those who have converted to virtual existence. Derek, a soldier in the Conversion Forces (ConFoes), seeks to enforce the Mandatory Conversion Act on the remaining mals (malcontent Luddites, gangbangers, and religious fanatics). He is forced to deal with the increasingly brutal tactics of the ConFoes, and a mal ambush.  And that's only the beginning.

When Moore's Law meets God's Law, the result is forced conversion.

Best known for more than fifteen years as the world's top-ranked player of classic role playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Donald J. Bingle is not only a writer of a variety of role playing adventures and gaming materials (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Chill, Paranoia, Timemaster, and more), but of three novels (Forced Conversion, GREENSWORD, and Net Impact) and more than thirty pubished short stories in such anthologies as The Players of Gilean, The Search for Magic, The Crimson Pact, Furry Fantastic, Zombie Racoons & Killer Bunnies, Imaginary Friends, Future Americas, Time Twisters, Fellowship Fantastic, Transformers Legends, Carnage & Consequences, Sol's Children, Civil War Fantastic, All Hell Breaking Loose, Steampunk'd, Love & Rockets, Hot & Steamy, Historical Hauntings,  and Renaissance Faire.  Many of these previously published stories have also been re-published by genre in his Writer on Demand collections:  Tales of Gamers and Gaming; Tales of Humorous Horror, Tales Out of Time; Grim, Fair e-Tales, Tales of an Altered Past Powered by Romance, Horror, and Steam, and Not-So-Heroic Fantasy.

His award-winning, short memoir, "Father's Day," is also available, as are his stories "Makeshift," "Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone," and "Running Free: A Tale Inspired by Patsy Ann."

He is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, the GenCon Writers Symposium, the Origins Game Fair Library, and the St. Charles Writers Group. Don works as a corporate and securities attorney at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC in Chicago.