Megadeath

Death plays dirty.

It’s 2112 and war between nations has become a spectator sport. Soldiers are now gamers who live and die based on the outcome of the match, and every four years a worldwide MegaDeath tournament gives countries a chance to air their grievances. This year, however, an enterprising company has made it possible for ordinary citizens to bet their lives on their country’s team. Winning players will become national heroes, but losers will be responsible for the deaths of millions of their fellow citizens.

For North America’s talented star player, Megan Mori, death can’t come soon enough. Haunted by the loss of her daughter, which she blames on her own government, she has nothing more to lose and no one to fight for.

But as the games begin, it becomes clear that a much more sinister agenda is unfolding, and Megan will need to rally her fellow gamers against a threat that could end humanity as they know it.

“A thrilling and inventive future world that strikes a chord in today's nationalistic climate.”  –Advanced Review

Fans of Death Race and Ready Player One will love this book. 

TORY QUINN is a pseudonym for the writing team of William Roetzheim and Randy Becker. William started his career in the tech industry. After launching multiple software companies, he turned his attention to writing, penning an award-winning trilogy of plays about America’s great poets. Randy is an Emmy-nominated producer who began his career as an actor starring in film, television, and on Broadway, including the Tony Award–winning play Love! Valour! Compassion! He now expresses his creativity through writing and producing.


Marie Vibbert is the author of more than 70 science fiction short stories printed in top magazines. Her work has been called “everything science fiction should be” by the Oxford Culture Review. Marie’s debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was praised by Publishers Weekly as “a rip-roaring space heist.” A frequent Analog AnLab Readers’ Award finalist, she has won story of the year from Apex Magazine and had work reprinted in The Best Science Fiction of the Year anthology as well as China’s Science Fiction World magazine. She played professional women’s tackle football for five years with the Cleveland Fusion, as an offensive and defensive lineman. Learn more about her at https://marievibbert.com.