“Elegantly constructed, skillfully written, and absolutely impossible to stop reading.” – Booklist (starred review)
Critics heaped praise on today’s Free Fridays selection, The Demi-Monde: Winter by Rod Reese, and fans of dystopian fiction will not want to miss this week’s offer.
In the near future, the government has created a virtual-reality military training ground called the Demi-Monde, where troops prepare for urban warfare. To train them for the worst imaginable scenarios, the virtual war zone is led by tyrants who are modeled on some of history’s most evil characters. It’s truly a chamber of horrors.
Now the President’s daughter has been drawn into the Demo-Monde, and the dangers of the effective but circumspect program are brought to light. As a rescue effort ensues, it's clear that the boundary between this powerful virtual world and the real world is breaking down, putting civilization at great risk.
The highly-anticipated book in this remarkable series, The Shadow Wars, is available for pre-order now.
Free Fridays Recommends
Each week, we ask our featured author to recommend a book or author that you may want to check out. Since authors are such passionate readers themselves, we thought you might like to find out what they love to read, too! Here’s what Rod recommends:
Orwell’s 1984: a work of pure undiluted genius (and that’s not an accolade I bestow lightly). Any author who can insert a political tract in the middle of a novel - and make it work – has got a writer of rare ability. In my opinion ... the greatest book ever written.
Happy Friday!
Here are some top-rated Nook freebies for today. (All of these are 4+ rated):
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Teen/Fantasy 4.3 Stars/76 Reviews: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/of-witches-and-war
Hope you find something great! 
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