Open
World
C.O.V.E.N.
Book
1
Casey
Moss
Genre: Erotic Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Date of Publication: May 15, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-77130-852-6
ASIN: B00KCE12JW
Number of pages: 146
Word Count: 52,000
Cover Artist: Sour Cherry Designs
Book Description:
The world has broken out in wars.
Las Vegas has been ravaged by chemical warfare and is now home to several clans
and creatures.
Welcome to I-D-8 Entertainment’s
newest game: Clans of Vegas—Endless Night.
Friends and family have gathered
for a crunch time playtest of C.O.V.E.N.. When a horrible thunderstorm hits,
everyone’s sucked into the game for real. In the MMORPG, Hope Collins is
kidnapped by Buzz and forced to submit to his whims.
Her boyfriend, Alden, has to
delay his quest of defeating a clan’s prince to save her, but time and
circumstance don’t seem to be on his side. Faith Collins is bombarded by
strange dreams brought on by Buzz. Her boyfriend, Tavis, learns to dream walk,
but can he help break the spell she’s under and save her before she’s lost to
him?
C.O.V.E.N. is more than just a
game. It’s a whole other world.
Available at Evernight
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Excerpt Open World – C.O.V.E.N. by Casey Moss
He
homed in on the guy, and repulsive vibes poured over him. Thoughts, full of ill
intent, infiltrated his mind.
The man’s here to claim. Conquer.
End game…power.
The
prince had changed his name, but to what he didn’t know. He couldn’t fault the
man on that kind of switch. He and his buddy, Tavis, had assigned themselves
new names, too.
Alias
or no, though, the royal’s presence was a cause for high concern.
Does he know of mine and Tav’s
existence? Our ultimate mission?
He
calmed his thoughts, fixated on the man again. Answer—negative. Good.
The
prince didn’t know about the two of them, but the man did have the same
plan…make nice with the family to apprehend one of the two daughters, or the
cousin if need be.
He
snorted. Same plan. Yeah, right. In
the prince’s case, his eagerness to have one of the women stemmed from
nefarious reasons.
Den’s
eyes shot open. The black of the grill and the off-white concrete appeared less
vibrant than they had moments before. The light of day dimmed more. He blinked,
then looked up. The sky had darkened with the formation of thick gray clouds.
The forecast had mentioned a thirty percent chance of showers, but everyone
believed if it were to rain it wouldn’t happen until much later or the storm
would fizzle after it spent itself in the upper elevations.
Frustrated
over his uneasiness due to the perplexing vibes, his trying to rationalize the
afternoon and the changing weather, he ran his fingers through his hair.
And what the fuck were all those
thoughts about? Mirroring that of my C.O.V.E.N. character and the quests I’ve
been on? Nothing like this ever’s happened before. Did the programmers do
something to the game to affect us?
As
one of the level designers on the development team, he’d been a part of the
alpha-testing and minor playtests during the creation process. Mr. Gott, the
head honcho of the whole design department, thought implementing a lot of tests
along the way would cut down on major changes during the last phases. From what
he understood, the closed-beta test he, Mr. Gott and several others had
performed a handful of weeks ago to check a couple of clans, hadn’t turned out
as well as expected. Hence the LAN party, a crunch time playtest to see what
was going on before they implemented another beta run. All the designers and
programmers, along with any friends and family members who were interested in
giving C.O.V.E.N. a try, were present.
Except if there’s something in
the game that’s going to mind fuck everyone, shouldn’t we call it a day? I
didn’t sign on for crap like this. I’m sure no one else has either.
About
the Author:
Casey Moss delves into the darker
aspects of life in her writing, sometimes basing the stories on reality,
sometimes on myth. No matter the path, her stories will take you on a journey
from the light-hearted paranormal to dark things unspeakable. What waits around
the corner? Come explore…
Website: http://caseymossbooks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaseyMoss_
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/CaseyMoss
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Thanks for hosting me and spotlighting my book! :) Casey
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