Project Alpha

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For my beautiful, patient wife. Not only has she continued to be on the frontlines correcting my spelling mistakes but she’s been my greatest supporter on this crazy journey.

Prologue

A man wearing a shining breastplate runs through the dark. He can’t remember how he got there, his mind is foggy from whatever the man in the mask injected him with. He only knows that if he stops running he’ll die.

Laughter floats through the dark, taunting the older man. “Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t escape me, I’m the evil masked man.”

Daniel knows that he’s being toyed with. In his youth he’d have turned and fought to the death, but he’s older now. Slower. He can’t compete with this masked man. Especially not now that he’s back at level one. It’ll only take one more death and he’ll be gone, permanently.

It all started out so simple. Meet with the corporate representative and negotiate a way for Lillian to compete in this year’s System Games. Instead he somehow found himself here. Running for his life, looking for a way out. Looking for a way to warn Lillian.

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