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Arcadia: A Technothriller
"""Plansky delivers...in this imaginative, pulse-pounding techno-thriller... Smooth prose and relatable characters are a plus. Michael Crichton fans will be pleased."" - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
For years, society has debated whether violent video games harm a player’s sanity.
But what if one was specifically designed to make you commit murder?
Tech journalist Desmond Lewis hasn’t been a hardcore gamer in years, but there’s something inexplicably addicting about Rogue Horizon, a VR survival horror beta given only to a select few. When Lewis begins suffering from violent dreams and disturbing hallucinations, he suspects the game may be linked to a series of unusual deaths across the United States.
Fearing he’s losing his mind, Lewis follows the trail of a conspiracy to a mysterious virtual reality amusement park north of Las Vegas, where getting played is about to take on a whole new meaning...
Swiftly-paced and relentlessly suspenseful, Arcadia is a psychological thrill-ride from start to finish.
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For years, society has debated whether violent video games harm a player’s sanity.
But what if one was specifically designed to make you commit murder?
Tech journalist Desmond Lewis hasn’t been a hardcore gamer in years, but there’s something inexplicably addicting about Rogue Horizon, a VR survival horror beta given only to a select few. When Lewis begins suffering from violent dreams and disturbing hallucinations, he suspects the game may be linked to a series of unusual deaths across the United States.
Fearing he’s losing his mind, Lewis follows the trail of a conspiracy to a mysterious virtual reality amusement park north of Las Vegas, where getting played is about to take on a whole new meaning...
Swiftly-paced and relentlessly suspenseful, Arcadia is a psychological thrill-ride from start to finish.
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August 28, 2018
Having read and enjoyed the author's first book Safari I downloaded this one once I saw it was out. I was not disappointed! Although I liked Safari, I found Arcadia to be even faster paced and more unpredictable. It had a great creepy atmosphere, good characters, an interesting plot, and some very thrilling action scenes. And with these two books Plansky has shown he knows how to write good endings. If you like psychological thrillers or technothrillers this one is definitely for you.
October 4, 2019
What an absolutely outstanding book. I found myself struggling to put it down and deal with real life responsibilities. As a gamer myself I found a lot of material in this read to be relatable and I would recommend to anyone that is into sci-fi or gaming or really anything along those lines. This read kept me on the edge the entire time.
July 29, 2019
Disturbing Novel
The novel kind of makes the reader paranoid about the future of virtual reality and the effects it might have on future gamers. Gripping reading. Recommended
The novel kind of makes the reader paranoid about the future of virtual reality and the effects it might have on future gamers. Gripping reading. Recommended
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