Available
now at Evernight Publishing ~ Open World
– C.O.V.E.N. by Casey Moss
The world of C.O.V.E.N. (Clans of
Vegas – Endless Night) first appeared in Evernight Publishing’s anthology Keyboards & Kink (available here: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/keyboards-and-kink/
& at other fine e-tailers) in Casey’s story, AFK.
In AFK, we saw a peek into I-D-8 Entertainment’s in-production MMORPG: Clans of Vegas – Endless Night, also known
as C.O.V.E.N. when Beth and another gamer got sucked into the game for real.
Now, when it comes to Open World, it’s actually made up of
parts from two novellas that had been previously published. Those stories were my
very first published ones released in 2008 under my alter ego’s name. A few
years ago, I received the rights back on them, and they sat in a file until
this year. There’s been some major work done to revamp them from a sci-fi’ish
plot to the computer gaming one present in the book today. I am so excited
these stories, and more to come in the C.O.V.E.N. world, have found new life
and a great new home with Evernight Publishing.
In the story, Open World, some of the employees of
I-D-8 have joined together for a LAN party to test the game. For definitions on
the computer gaming term: open world, check out http://www.techopedia.com/definition/3952/sandbox-gaming).
Here’s a look into the story…
Here’s a look into the story…
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Blurb ~
The world has broken out in wars.
Las Vegas has been ravaged by chemical warfare and is now home to several clans
and creatures.
Welcome to I-D-8 Entertainment’s
newest game: Clans
of Vegas—Endless Night.
Friends and family have gathered
for a crunch time playtest of C.O.V.E.N.. When a
horrible thunderstorm hits, everyone’s sucked into the game for real. In the
MMORPG, Hope Collins is kidnapped by Buzz and forced to submit to his whims.
Her boyfriend, Alden, has to delay his quest of defeating a clan’s prince to
save her, but time and circumstance don’t seem to be on his side. Faith Collins
is bombarded by strange dreams brought on by Buzz. Her boyfriend, Tavis, learns
to dream walk, but can he help break the spell she’s under and save her before
she’s lost to him?
C.O.V.E.N. is more than just a
game. It’s a whole other world.
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Excerpt ~
A wave of dizziness hit Hope out of the blue. Her chest grew tight,
immobile, as if all the air had been sucked out of her. She shook her head and
breathed deep in an attempt to right herself.
Hot, electrified tingling zipped along her fingers and toes and up
through her limbs. She looked down at her hands. They were hers but not hers,
or at least they felt that way. The outfit she’d put on for the party had
disappeared and been replaced with tight black pants and a matching, tucked in
t-shirt. Plain black boots covered her feet.
What the hell? Where’s my blouse? My pumps? Those
items cost me over four hundred combined!
Nearby a snarl rolled through an overcast, deep gray day that seemed
to be darkening as the seconds ticked by.
A growl? A cloudy sky? What is going on? She
crossed her shaking arms over her stomach.
Another menacing sound echoed around her.
Every part of Hope froze save for her searching gaze. She found
herself in a narrow alley created by two destroyed buildings. The rubble
consisted of fractured and crushed cinder blocks, partial stucco walls, broken
slabs of sheet rock and miscellaneous debris. Across the way a piece of metal
glinted from the last bit of ambient light that still existed. The shape of a
dome slowly came into view.
I’m down near The Circus?
The sound of scratching reverberated in the opposite end of the
passage. A gust of wind funneling through the narrow passage brought the stench
of rotting meat to her nose.
The shaking of her muscles grew worse as her mind processed the
environment and her thoughts.
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Bio ~
Casey Moss delves into the darker aspects of life in her writing,
sometimes basing the stories on reality, sometimes on myth. No matter the path,
her stories will take you on a journey from the light-hearted paranormal to
dark things unspeakable. What waits around the corner? Come explore…
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Casey Moss Links ~
Website: http://caseymossbooks.com/
Website: http://caseymossbooks.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/CaseyMoss_
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Buy Links ~
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