The Dark Descent

by William Oday

  THE LAST DAY, Book 1

  THE FINAL COLLAPSE, Book 2

  THE FRAGILE HOPE, Book 3

  Into the Dark Series

  THE DARK DESCENT, Book 1

  The Best Adventures Series

  THE SLITHERING GOLIATH, Book 1

  THE BEEPOCALYPSE, Book 2

  THE PHARAOH’S CURSE, Book 3

  THE DAY OF YES!, A Short Story

  Short Stories

  THE GENDER LOTTERY

  SAINT JOHN

  SHE’S GONE

  Questions or Comments?

  Have any questions or comments? I’d love to hear from you! Seriously. Voices coming from outside my head are such a relief.

  Give me a shout at william@williamoday.com.

  All the best,

  Will

  The Goal

  I have a simple storytelling goal that can be wildly difficult to achieve. I want to entertain you with little black marks arranged on a white background. Read the marks and join me on a grand adventure. If all goes well, you’ll slip under the spell and so walk alongside heroes and villains. You’ll feel what they feel. You’ll understand the world as they do.

  My writing and your reading is a kind of mechanical telepathy. I translate my thoughts and emotions through characters and conflict in a written story. If the transmission works, your heart will pound, your heart will break, and you will care. At the very least, hopefully you’ll escape your world and live in mine for a little while.

  I hope to see you there!

  Will

  My Life Thus Far

  I grew up in the red dirt of the Midwest, the center of the states. I later meandered out to the West Coast and have remained off-center ever since. Living in Los Angeles, I achieved my Career 1.0 dream by working on big-budget movies for over a decade. If you’ve seen a Will Smith or Tom Cruise blockbuster action movie, you’ve likely seen my work.

  The work was challenging and fulfilling… until I got tired of telling other people’s stories. I longed to tell my own. So, now I’m pursuing my Career 2.0 dream—a dream I’ve had since youth—to write stories that pull a reader in and make the everyday world fade away.

  I’ve since moved to a more rural setting north of San Francisco with my lovely wife, vibrant children, and a dog that has discovered the secret to infinite energy. His name is Trip and he fits the name in four unique ways.

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  William Oday, June 2019

  Copyright © 2019 William Oday

  All rights reserved worldwide

  All rights reserved. With the exception of excerpts for reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, dialogues, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locations, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  Cover design by Christian Bentulan

  Edited by Walt Hunt