Saul Tanpepper

China: the Flense Saul Tanpepper

Publisher Marketing: "China" is Book 1 of 4 of THE FLENSE quadrilogy (this ebook contains the full-length novel, parts 1-3 of the serial) THE FLENSE SERIES DESCRIPTIONHundreds die in a fiery train crash in northern China. A cargo ship smuggling refugees is lost to calm seas off the Libyan coast. Entire villages in Ghana are abandoned overnight. Contracted by an apocalypse prepper group to investigate a series of seemingly disconnected global tragedies, a young freelance medical reporter, Angelique de l'Enfantine, uncovers a disturbing pattern: each event is preceded by the sudden spread of a mysterious ailment and is followed by the appearance of a man dressed in black and silver who witnesses claim is the devil himself. Are the tragedies harbingers of an impending biblical catastrophe or practice runs of a fanatical organization bent on global annihilation?With each event more grisly than the last and the risk to her life growing, Angel must ask herself if her sponsors are using her to advance their own paranoid agenda. THE FLENSE consists of 4 full-length novels (12 novella-length "serialized" installments of 100 pages each) beginning Jul 2015 Sign up to be notified of new releases & exclusive giveaways, including advance access: https: //tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper BUNKER 12 (companion series to THE FLENSE) Requiring no more than the slightest skin-to-skin contact, the Flense spread across the globe with ruthless speed and stealth, decimating mankind before it was barely even aware of it. The infected were turned into soulless creatures, Wraiths, which wrought destruction upon anyone and anything in their path. Secure inside ten isolated bunkers are Humanity's tattered remains, each working tirelessly to unravel the mystery of the scourge. But the bunkers were never meant to protect forever. In fact, they were never meant to protect at all. "CONTAIN" (BUNKER 12 series pilot): Three years. That's how long Finnian Bolles has been hiding inside the impregnable walls of the hydroelectric complex known as Bunker 8. Three years, with enough resources to last him and the other thirty survivors three more. But then a series of disturbing events culminates in the sudden appearance of a stranger at their door. Before he too falls victim to the mysterious sickness known as the Flense, he warns them of a fate more horrific than the one they've been avoiding. But to prevent it, they must leave and seek a place many insist doesn't exist, a mythical twelfth bunker. From the creator of the highly acclaimed epic cyberpunk series GAMELANDGAMELAND SERIES DESCRIPTIONBuilt in the middle of Long Island's abandoned industrial wasteland is a hundred-square-mile virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged compete in a high-stakes game and the undead are their real-life avatars. There are only two ways to get into this horrifying yet wildly addictive game. The first is by paid invitation. The second is by volunteering to become an Undead Player. After finding themselves trapped inside a massive gaming arcade in the middle of Long Island's abandoned wasteland, a group of young computer hackers must figure out how to escape while staying out of the clutches of its undead inhabitants and their living controllers. Episode One: "Deep Into the Game" A reckless end-of-summer prank sends six hackers trespassing onto abandoned Long Island hoping for a glimpse of the victims of the decade-old outbreak. But if they find breaking was easy, they'll soon learn that getting back out is a killer. Get the first two GAMELAND books for free while you still can! Subscribe to get your own four-book GAMELAND starter library: https: //tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper Contributor Bio:  Tanpepper, Saul SAUL TANPEPPER is the creator of the acclaimed cyberpunk dystopian series, GAMELAND. A former army medic and PhD scientist, he now writes full time in several speculative fiction genres, including horror, apocalyptic, science fiction and paranormal. A frequent world traveler, his works are heavily influenced by these experiences and his background as a biotechnology entrepreneur. He currently resides in California's Silicon Valley with his wife of more than twenty years and his two children. He is the author of the story collections Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, & Horror and Shorting the Undead: a Menagerie of Macabre Mini-Fiction. To receive updates, subscribe to Saul's e-newsletter, Tanpepper Tidings https: //tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper For more information about this and his other titles, visit www.tanpepperwrites.com