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NLV - The House Always Wins - Part I
'NLV' (the nickname for 'New Las Vegas') is the province where dreams are made but more often shattered into a million bits, a place of temptation beyond the wildest fantasies of human indulgence, a place of sin, a place of avarice, a place of lust, a place of sensual science and technology taken to its wickedest extremes, and a place where the very fabric of what makes us human is torn apart and resewn into a pale façade of Babylonian extents.
Set in the year 2054 in the largest most powerful city on Earth, NLV is a wild and dark glimpse into humankind’s future. The stories held within these chapters and volumes revolve around people ordinary and extraordinary. People who struggle to survive, keep their sanity, and maintain their last shreds of humanity in an ever-changing world ruled by endless entertainment, mountains of money, ruthless power, and rampant technology.
'Chapter One – The House Always Wins – Part I' kicks things off in grand style as the world’s most feared terrorist, Ushwan Hollerman, manages to assume control of the largest and most depraved brothel on Earth, known as 'The Pleasure Dome'. It is the dark sexual soul of NLV that clandestinely controls half the city.
High atop The Dome (as the NLV denizens call it) is the man in charge, Niles Bennett. A coldblooded businessman who moved mountains (of money and politics, and of rock and stone) to build NLV. Now he stands to lose his legacy and his life.
And yet one man, Nick Bello (they call him 'The Dragon'), a cop with a huge past, speeds his way towards The Dome not to save Bennett but his International Sex Unionist half-sister Pam, and to exact revenge on Hollerman for the horrors inflicted upon him—one in particular that has haunted Bello for years.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town the woman who controls the other half of NLV, Madame Jacqueline Bovart, watches and waits for the tempest that will ensue. And yet, her time may also be at hand as forces beyond her control plan to take her out.
Prepare yourself for a wild ride that will thrill the hell out of you, turn you on, and make you freakin’ crazy!
All this and more awaits you in 'NLV'!
Set in the year 2054 in the largest most powerful city on Earth, NLV is a wild and dark glimpse into humankind’s future. The stories held within these chapters and volumes revolve around people ordinary and extraordinary. People who struggle to survive, keep their sanity, and maintain their last shreds of humanity in an ever-changing world ruled by endless entertainment, mountains of money, ruthless power, and rampant technology.
'Chapter One – The House Always Wins – Part I' kicks things off in grand style as the world’s most feared terrorist, Ushwan Hollerman, manages to assume control of the largest and most depraved brothel on Earth, known as 'The Pleasure Dome'. It is the dark sexual soul of NLV that clandestinely controls half the city.
High atop The Dome (as the NLV denizens call it) is the man in charge, Niles Bennett. A coldblooded businessman who moved mountains (of money and politics, and of rock and stone) to build NLV. Now he stands to lose his legacy and his life.
And yet one man, Nick Bello (they call him 'The Dragon'), a cop with a huge past, speeds his way towards The Dome not to save Bennett but his International Sex Unionist half-sister Pam, and to exact revenge on Hollerman for the horrors inflicted upon him—one in particular that has haunted Bello for years.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town the woman who controls the other half of NLV, Madame Jacqueline Bovart, watches and waits for the tempest that will ensue. And yet, her time may also be at hand as forces beyond her control plan to take her out.
Prepare yourself for a wild ride that will thrill the hell out of you, turn you on, and make you freakin’ crazy!
All this and more awaits you in 'NLV'!
55 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 9, 2012
About the author
Nicholas Iandolo
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Nicholas “Nick” Iandolo
is a Boston-based Digital Communications Writer, Author, Screenwriter, and Journalist.
He works professionally in the digital media communications space for various industries from broadcast, advertising, publishing, to sustainability.
As an author Iandolo's latest project is a space-science-fiction-action-adventure childrens chapter book series titled Space Kids ., which he also illustrates.
Iandolo's other major sci-fi book project in development is NLV (a.k.a. New Las Vegas) --a gritty noir series about a super-sized version of Las Vegas in the future where almost nothing is illegal.
He is also Senior Editor and Founder of TenthSphere Collections , a small press for sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural authors. His flagship genre anthology series titled Space Brain will launch sometime around mid-2017.
As a show-runner and screenwriter for the Digital Visionary Access Corporation's DTV Studio , Iandolo was responsible for the creation, production, and distribution of a number of programs over traditional broadcast and online video-streaming media channels.
Iandolo has also written and produced films for RIFCfilms , and a movie review webisode series for MoTiV .
His journalism work can be seen in publications such as Motif Magazine where he frequently covers pop-culture events like San Diego and Rhode Island comic cons.
Iandolo has been a guest author and speaker at film industry events including the Rhode Island International Film Festival's ScriptBiz Workshop , and the Great American PitchFest ; as well as, a comic con panelist and exhibitor.
Learn more about Iandolo and his writing at TenthSphere.com.
Follow Nick Iandolo on Twitter @NickIandolo
On Facebook at NickDigitalWriter
And on Instagram at nickiandolo
He works professionally in the digital media communications space for various industries from broadcast, advertising, publishing, to sustainability.
As an author Iandolo's latest project is a space-science-fiction-action-adventure childrens chapter book series titled Space Kids ., which he also illustrates.
Iandolo's other major sci-fi book project in development is NLV (a.k.a. New Las Vegas) --a gritty noir series about a super-sized version of Las Vegas in the future where almost nothing is illegal.
He is also Senior Editor and Founder of TenthSphere Collections , a small press for sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural authors. His flagship genre anthology series titled Space Brain will launch sometime around mid-2017.
As a show-runner and screenwriter for the Digital Visionary Access Corporation's DTV Studio , Iandolo was responsible for the creation, production, and distribution of a number of programs over traditional broadcast and online video-streaming media channels.
Iandolo has also written and produced films for RIFCfilms , and a movie review webisode series for MoTiV .
His journalism work can be seen in publications such as Motif Magazine where he frequently covers pop-culture events like San Diego and Rhode Island comic cons.
Iandolo has been a guest author and speaker at film industry events including the Rhode Island International Film Festival's ScriptBiz Workshop , and the Great American PitchFest ; as well as, a comic con panelist and exhibitor.
Learn more about Iandolo and his writing at TenthSphere.com.
Follow Nick Iandolo on Twitter @NickIandolo
On Facebook at NickDigitalWriter
And on Instagram at nickiandolo
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