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Argony: A Sci-Fi Short Story Kindle Edition

by John Akers (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The future of first-person shooters is here, and there's nothing virtual about it.

Ever notice how realistic most first-person shooter games have become? Soon a game called 4Real will take things to a whole new level. Argony is the action-packed sci-fi short story of one top player's quest to reach the pinnacle of gamer glory - Ultimate Ascension. The only question bigger than whether he makes it or not is – was all really a game?

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07L8K26B7
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tech Noir Press (December 9, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 9, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 447 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 27 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,683,670 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,291 in 45-Minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads
- #3,742 in 45-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads
- #11,659 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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JOHN AKERS is a science fiction author whose fascination with the promise and perils of technology became the basis for his novels, The Infinet, and The Infinet Directives. He lives with his family in San Diego, California. You can learn more about John at john-akers dot com.

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David H Myers

This is for all you upshots out there

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2019

This was so much fun! The I- don't- understand- how- this- game- works is a real vacuum cleaner; it sucked me in and wouldn't let me go! It was like my first time on a centrifugal force roller coaster ride that sent all my blood to my feet then to my head and then to my feet again in 1.24 seconds! All I could do was hold on! Wow

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VZ

IS IT SCI FI OR GAMING?

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018

***1/2

I received a free promotional copy of “Argony.”

While my idea of gaming is playing solitaire, and of sci fi writers is Kurt Vonnegut, Akers wrote a fast paced short story that drew me in — I was disappointed only when it ended!

Really interesting story!

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019

Akers picks you up and drops you into a world that's unbelievable. But only until the next page, when it is. At top speed you begin within the thoughts of a man on a mission. You hover just out of harms way and watch every move with fascination. In few pages, Akers manages to convey this man's past and then leaves you in his present. Building through each word of ever increasing suspense to take you to the summit... of what?

What? That's the question on your mind the whole time. What is he headed toward? What will take place? What will it be like this time? What is this almost unattainable goal?

Does he find out? Do you? Is Akers going to leave you hanging?

The advanced technologies described are quite believable whether they exist or not. Yet. It is easy to imagine our world eventually becoming this place. And it's scary as hell if you think about it.

So, yes. All of this in such a short little story is not to be missed. I know I've told you very little, but I don't like spoiler reviews. Suffice it to say, it's worth the effort and the few minutes it takes to read.

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bridgit

Perfect, interesting, capturing

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2019

This was a perfect short story: I couldn't get enough of it quickly enough, while knowing that the satisfying fast pace and characterization and issues would not capture me and interest me in the same way for a longer story.

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