She nodded. “That’s okay. I can deal with a desk. I’m no glory hound. Wait, did you say there were too many volunteers for Division 5?”
“Yes, if you can believe it.” He whistled. “Most were high-testosterone adrenaline junkies looking to get their hands on large weapons.”
“But they send D5 after cyborgs.” She shivered.
He stood up and extended a hand to her. “I think we’re about done for now. You may have to deal with another day or two of patrol detail until Farris can get the proverbial paperwork in motion. Can you handle that?”
Nina grinned. The thought of an imminent move to Division 2 turned on a light at the end of a lengthy, exhausting tunnel. She all but bounced out of her chair to shake hands with the man whom, moments ago, she feared would melt her mind.
“No problem, sir.” She did not know whether to shake hands or salute him.
Oliver laughed. “You are the first person I have ever seen happy about being put on desk duty.”
Born in a little town known as South Amboy NJ in 1973, Matthew has been creating science fiction and fantasy worlds for most of his reasoning life. Somewhere between fifteen to eighteen of them spent developing the world in which Division Zero, Virtual Immortality, and The Awakened Series take place. He has several other projects in the works as well as a collaborative science fiction endeavor with author Tony Healey.
Matthew is an avid gamer, a recovered WoW addict, Gamemaster for two custom systems (Chronicles of Eldrinaath [Fantasy] and Divergent Fates [Sci Fi], and a fan of anime, British humour (<- deliberate), and intellectual science fiction that questions the nature of reality, life, and what happens after it.
He is also fond of cats.
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Appetizer:
Book Cover
Title Page
Main Course:
Chapter One: Premonitions
Chapter Two: A Lamb among Wolves
Chapter Three: Haunted
Chapter Four: The Lost Place
Chapter Five: A Prize Claimed
Chapter Six: Rare Pretties
Chapter Seven: Empathy
Chapter Eight: The Arena
Chapter Nine: Calm Before the Storm
Chapter Ten: Oaths and Omens
Chapter Eleven: Rebellion
Chapter Twelve: Guardian Angel
Chapter Fourteen: Destiny and Regret
Chapter Fifteen: Contamination
Chapter Sixteen: Attachments
Chapter Seventeen: Lesson Remembered
Chapter Eighteen: The Hunter and the Princess
Chapter Nineteen: Helpless in the Dark
Chapter Twenty: Karma and Dogma
Chapter Twenty-One: Independence
Chapter Twenty-Two: Foundling
Chapter Twenty-Three: Sister Karina
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Ravens Perched
Chapter Twenty-Five: A New Life
Chapter Twenty-Six: Querq
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Fever Dream
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Tumbleweed's
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Lead Me Not
Chapter Thirty: Exile
Chapter Thirty-One: The Water Man
Chapter Thirty-Two: Among Friends
Chapter Thirty-Three: The Gates of Fire
Chapter Thirty-Four: Hot Cocoa
Chapter Thirty-Five: Malice in Wonderland
Chapter Thirty-Six: Whisked Away
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Flatline
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Street Preacher
Chapter Forty: Apathy
Chapter Forty-One: Enemy of My Enemy
Chapter Forty-Two: The Ripper
Chapter Forty-Three: Can I Keep Him?
Chapter Forty-Four: Shepherd
Chapter Forty-Five: Archon
Chapter Forty-Six: As Wolves Like Dogs
Chapter Forty-Seven: A is for Asshole
Chapter Forty-Eight: Loyalties
Chapter Forty-Nine: When Great Men Fall
Chapter Fifty: Elysium
Chapter Fifty-One: Visitors
Chapter Fifty-Two: A Destiny Her Own
Chapter Fifty-Three: A Spirit Told Me
Chapter Fifty-Four: Lost Wolf
Dessert:
A Taste of Virtual Immortality, by Matthew Cox
Closing
About the Author
Copyright & Publisher
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