Incite

Endgame: The Zero Line Chronicles #1

by James Frey

This fourth prequel novella begins a new digital original series in the Endgame world and follows an underground group determined to put a stop to Endgame—and save the world—at any cost. They call themselves the Zero Line.

It's 1972 and Berkeley freshman Mike Summerhays believes he finally has some control over his life—until he learns about Endgame and the Players in charge of humanity's fate. He soon finds himself part of a group of people determined to stop Endgame by hunting down the generation of Players who preceded the Players from today in Endgame: The Calling.

The Zero Line Chronicles: Incite introduces readers to an underground conspiracy group with one mission: to kill every Player who intends to compete in Endgame so that Endgame will never happen. Endgame has not yet begun in 1972—but it is coming.

Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Novella, Dystopia

100 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 2015

About the author

James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the stories were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated, sparking a media controversy. His 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was also a bestseller.
Frey is the founder and CEO of Full Fathom Five. A transmedia production company, FFF is responsible for the young adult adventure/science fiction series The Lorien Legacies of seven books written by Frey and others, under the collective pen name Pittacus Lore. Frey's first book of the series, I Am Number Four (2010), was made into a feature film by DreamWorks Pictures. He is also the CEO of NYXL, an esports organization based in New York.

Reviews

[Mohammed Arabey · Rating 5 out of 5]

What if you find out that the End of Days, the Apocalypse, The Judgment Day or whatever how you say it in your culture and religion...is pretty different thannyou thought..
It's in the hand of 12 Teens ascending from 12 great lines, civilisations around the world..

And An Aliens are the setting a Game, that those 12 selected teens will solve a puzzle and kill eachother..and whoever wins is the only Line that will survive, and the rest of the people around the globe will parish..
It's Endgame

[Minh-Tam · Rating 1 out of 5]

abandoned - the main character disgusted me so much I couldn't continue

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incite introduces us to the Zero Line, a group of people whose mission is to stop Endgame from happening. If the Endgame isn't played, it cannot be won and most of mankind will be spared. The main character Mike is introduced to the Zero Line when he happens to get assigned a roommate who is a member of the line. Together, they start taking steps to stop the Endgame, and Mike realizes he may be in way too deep.

I really enjoyed this novella and it was really interesting to find out that there were outside people who knew about the Endgame and taking active measures to stop it. Looking forward to seeing how far the Zero Line gets in their mission.

[Joaquin · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the first novella of the second novella collection in the Endgame trilogy, we focus on the Zero Line.

Their goal is to stop the Players of each line from playing so that Endgame would not push through and the whole world will be saved.

Enter Mike: a normal kid who gets sucked into the world of Endgame by his friends and he has to make his choice - to believe and join, or to walk away.

It was a nice introduction to a new group that plans to stop Endgame, and I have high hopes for their roles in the future.

This novella collection gives background to the Zero Line which I think will appear in the third book, Rules of the Game.

[Kris Ivy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Endgame is coming and Zero Line are set on stopping the Players from ever playing. It is the only way to save the world and stop whole races from being wiped out.