The Laboratory: A Futuristic Dungeon Core
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I barely got Bernard away in time. Back in the citadel throne room he began shoving people into the blood and gore that was Ophelia.
The Righteous maintained their abilities even when dead and dismembered. I hoped that her healing abilities would as well, that at least some of those who had assisted me might survive the aid they'd given.
The Laboratory below detonated with a blinding flash that rapidly became an enormous, mushroom-shaped cloud.
I hoped that the blast had caught Sylax, and she hadn't been able to teleport away herself. I hoped that it had been enough to kill her.
I wasn't certain. I'd never seen or encountered anything even remotely like her. Actually, I desperately wanted that woman in a testing labyrinth.
If she did live perhaps I'd have my chance, one day. But for now, that was out of my control. Everything was out of my control.
The castle tumbled through the air and my systems were fading. I blacked out.
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Author Notes
What happened? If you are a longtime fan you know that at the end of the Crucible Shard series I said that up next would be a Cyberpunk series and then some Urban Fantasy action. Both are on the way and are coming out great. I read a dungeon core though and really wanted to try my own spin on the genre.
There is a bit of sci-fi here, biopunk, a dash of superhero. I had a lot of fun writing it and I hope you had a lot of fun reading it. If you want more, please, do tell me and tell your friends. Right now, I plan on this sitting as a stand-alone but I always take what my readers want seriously. You are the reason I do this.
I’ve always loved the crazy AI as a trope. I toyed with a lot of ideas for this book, Emma almost wound up in charge of a bunker filled with survivors of a nuclear apocalypse with all the politics and scheming that could bring. My outline was dark even for me though and I wound up going with something where the violence is a bit more comical. You might still see that story one of these days, it’s lodged in my head now.
Persephone Falling is my next book out and mixes a lot of the grittiness and technological dystopian themes I love along with a dash of LitRPG. The link the preorder follows. If this is the first book of mine you’ve read, welcome! I try to give my readers something memorable and things they don’t expect, I’d love it if you checked out the rest of the catalog and joined the mailing list.