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The Hate Train
- The first rule of The Hate Train : Never turn on another user . - The second rule of The Hate Train : Whatever happens in the Hate Train stays in the Hate Train . - The third rule of The Hate Train : No password. No play .
In this nightmarish tale of a distorted time in American history where destroying the foundation of civilization has become a common practice among criminals, the eighteen-year-old narrator, Josh Lamb, an elusive yet infamous vandal who has a special knack for strategically waging chaos in order to divide humanity, believes that his actions alone will create a collective domino effect, resulting in the inhabitants of an entire country—and rest of the world—to plunge into extinction once he has completed his wicked plan in pitting humans against one another. One night, while defacing a statue whose purpose is to inspire unity, not division, Josh stumbles across a charismatic group of misfits and outcasts who call themselves the mawb. The mawb introduces Josh to a virtual reality game called The Hate Train . Eventually, Josh becomes obsessed with the game, as well as its uncanny realism. As an outside presence begins to interfere with the virtual reality game, Josh's world starts to unravel, forcing him to question his own reality even after he unplugs from the highly-addictive game.
In this nightmarish tale of a distorted time in American history where destroying the foundation of civilization has become a common practice among criminals, the eighteen-year-old narrator, Josh Lamb, an elusive yet infamous vandal who has a special knack for strategically waging chaos in order to divide humanity, believes that his actions alone will create a collective domino effect, resulting in the inhabitants of an entire country—and rest of the world—to plunge into extinction once he has completed his wicked plan in pitting humans against one another. One night, while defacing a statue whose purpose is to inspire unity, not division, Josh stumbles across a charismatic group of misfits and outcasts who call themselves the mawb. The mawb introduces Josh to a virtual reality game called The Hate Train . Eventually, Josh becomes obsessed with the game, as well as its uncanny realism. As an outside presence begins to interfere with the virtual reality game, Josh's world starts to unravel, forcing him to question his own reality even after he unplugs from the highly-addictive game.
221 pages, Paperback
Published June 12, 2016
About the author
Ellis Kross
37 books2 followersEllis “Izzy” Kross is a multi-genre author and graphic designer who has written numerous novels, screenplays, and short stories over the span of his career.
Kross’s writing career began in the spring of 2013 when he published his debut novel, The Shadow Player. The inception of The Shadow Player originated in the fall of 2011 after he discovered one of his mother’s old vinyl records that had been stashed away in storage. The record was ‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)’ by The Delfonics. Kross, having been known to sit on many stories, wanted to write a story about the relationship between a young aspiring musician and his enigmatic father who was left victim to his family’s dark and disturbing past. A former musician himself, Kross knew this was the first story he wanted to publish. He dedicated the following two years writing the trilogy which would later be known as The Fifth, a story which essentially put into question the existence of the American Dream and how far a young man would go in order to achieve It. The story mirrored Kross’s own misfortunes during his brief stint as an audio engineer and stagehand working under several headliners in the music industry and helped shine a ray of light on a greater opus to come.
After the first volume of The Fifth was published in 2013, Kross showed no signs of slowing down. Soon following The Fifth, Kross took a step in a different direction and created a two-part series called Freeze. The first book, A Week With Mr. Hopkins, was a modern spin on the infamous Greek mythological figure, the legendary Medusa. Freeze was adapted into the screenplay, Hard Copy, and received positive reviews on Black List.
Kross later went on to create his follow-up to Freeze, The Hate Train, a riveting coming-of-age story based around the dangers of virtual reality, as well as the hardships of losing a loved one; and then, later that same year, the Hitchcockian crime drama, The March to Sundown, was released. Kross has also written other works including Fictional Reality: A Nuclear Kid in Embryo Or A Procrastinatory Approach To End A Conversation, a blockbuster-type thriller which was inspired by his childhood obsession with Japanese anime, as well as the phantasmagorical Spell of the Eye, which reads like a lost chapter from the feverish Reagan-era culture.
Kross’s writing career began in the spring of 2013 when he published his debut novel, The Shadow Player. The inception of The Shadow Player originated in the fall of 2011 after he discovered one of his mother’s old vinyl records that had been stashed away in storage. The record was ‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)’ by The Delfonics. Kross, having been known to sit on many stories, wanted to write a story about the relationship between a young aspiring musician and his enigmatic father who was left victim to his family’s dark and disturbing past. A former musician himself, Kross knew this was the first story he wanted to publish. He dedicated the following two years writing the trilogy which would later be known as The Fifth, a story which essentially put into question the existence of the American Dream and how far a young man would go in order to achieve It. The story mirrored Kross’s own misfortunes during his brief stint as an audio engineer and stagehand working under several headliners in the music industry and helped shine a ray of light on a greater opus to come.
After the first volume of The Fifth was published in 2013, Kross showed no signs of slowing down. Soon following The Fifth, Kross took a step in a different direction and created a two-part series called Freeze. The first book, A Week With Mr. Hopkins, was a modern spin on the infamous Greek mythological figure, the legendary Medusa. Freeze was adapted into the screenplay, Hard Copy, and received positive reviews on Black List.
Kross later went on to create his follow-up to Freeze, The Hate Train, a riveting coming-of-age story based around the dangers of virtual reality, as well as the hardships of losing a loved one; and then, later that same year, the Hitchcockian crime drama, The March to Sundown, was released. Kross has also written other works including Fictional Reality: A Nuclear Kid in Embryo Or A Procrastinatory Approach To End A Conversation, a blockbuster-type thriller which was inspired by his childhood obsession with Japanese anime, as well as the phantasmagorical Spell of the Eye, which reads like a lost chapter from the feverish Reagan-era culture.
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