The Zone

By Stu Jones

Deal Ends: 2025-12-24

Neo Terminus is a city on the brink. Here, in one of the last bastions of human civilization, the Conglomerate touches everything—everyone. Addicted and hypnotized, the gore-drunk masses clamor to watch The Zone, a Glom-engineered spectacle where nano-boosted gladiators called Enforcers fight to the death. Enforcers are promised wealth and celebrity—if they survive. Officer Chance Griffin fights to clean up the mean streets of Neo Terminus and scrape together enough money for his infant son’s vital surgery. Driven by his family’s need, Chance signs on as an Enforcer for The Glom. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. He rises fast through the Enforcer ranks—too fast. Then it happens: The Glom’s mysterious Founders coerce him into competing in the greatest Zone trial ever conceived. Chance is the favorite to win. He believes his family is safe, that his son will get the medical care he urgently needs. Chance is wrong. Too late, he uncovers a plot by The Glom to rig the trial and neurally enslave the citizens of Neo Terminus—forever. Blinded by fame and fortune and used as a pawn by the corporate machine, Chance fights back. Can one man prevail against all odds? Or will the Glom lay waste to everything he holds dear? In this relentless cyberpunk thriller, the gritty desperation of Judge Dread collides with the brutal spectacle of The Running Man in a neon-drenched thrill-ride you won't soon forget. Some fights aren't for glory—they're for everything. _______________ AWARDS: Gold Medal Winner - The Bookfest Awards - Cyberpunk Category Silver Falchion Award Winner - Killer Nashville Book Awards Honorable Mention - Reader's Favorite Awards - Science Fiction Category Finalist - Best Thriller Book Awards - Science Fiction Finalist - IAN Book of the Year Awards - Science Fiction Finalist - Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards - Science Fiction Approved Seal - Indie Reader Read more