Failsafe SW Tanpepper's GAMELAND - Episode 2 - Volume 2 Author:Saul Tanpepper Entire series fully edited, revised and updated on 7 February 2013 — SERIES DESCRIPTION: — Five hackers. One game. Ten thousand undead. — In the center of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, overseen by a powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a massive virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged act out their brutal fan... more »tasies. Using cybernetic links and holographic setups, Operators pit their Undead Players against each other in a high stakes game of violence, money and power, while the poor can only watch the horrifying and powerfully addictive contests on State-controlled media streams.
Breaking in was easy. Getting back out is a killer.
All 8 episodes and the full series omnibus also available in print.
EPISODE 2: Failsafe
Jessie and Kelly clash after one of their group gets stranded among the Infected Undead, forcing Kelly to make a rash decision which will ultimately deliver them into the hands of those who would turn them all into mindless players in The Game.
Approximately 50,000 words
Not recommended for readers under the age of 16
Review
I enjoy the works of Mr. Tanpepper and this latest book -- GAMELAND -- continues the excellent tradition of books he is writing.... Zombies, government conspiracy, Computer Game companies out for a profit, teenage friends all rolled into one great story.
-- Michael N. Guerini (from GAMELAND Episodes 1-8)
I was not certain if I was going to take a gamble and commit to all 8 episodes...but the ending of this story has swayed me to saying YES. The ending was very intense and full of action. Once I started reading I raced thru this story in just two days.
-- David Dalton (from GAMELAND Episode 1: Deep Into The Game)
From the Back Cover
It's the near future and every New Merican citizen is required to provide the government with three years of Life Service Commitment. The LSC is usually fulfilled in the military or civil service. Sometimes it's in entertainment.
But in all cases, the LSC begins after death.
Now there are others who want a piece of the Undead pie--private citizens, giant corporations, even other nations--and they won't stop until they get what they want. Caught in the middle are a half dozen young game hackers and code jackers. Believing they're secretly breaking into Long Island, the world's largest Forbidden Zone and abandoned zombie wasteland, for no better reason than to say they can, they quickly find themselves immersed in a struggle where the Undead are currency and those who control them wield all the power.« less