Maze: The Waking of Grey Grimm
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YOUR LIFE HANGS ON IMAGINATION.
Sunny Grimm finds her son collapsed, a black strap wrapped around his head.
Burned into his forehead is a symbol she hoped she would never see, the mark of awareness leaping. It grants access to immersive virtual realities where the rules no longer apply. Players enter chasing thrill, power, and fortune. Investors reap the profits. And behind it all waits something far more dangerous than anyone will admit.
Critics warn that the Maze is not a game. They insist it blurs the line between fantasy and reality and that this confusion will be humanity's undoing. Still, millions play. The rewards are real. But so are the risks.
Determined to save her son, Sunny begins a relentless search for the truth and for the people who allowed him to enter the Maze. She knows this world is more than entertainment, more than code and dreams powered by ambition. She knows many never escape.
She is not a gamer. She has no training. But none of that matters now. Her son is inside.
And Sunny Grimm is going in after him.
Readers who enjoy high-stakes virtual reality thrillers will be drawn into the Maze. If you liked Ready Player One, Snow Crash, Otherworld, or the twisting psychological tension of Black Mirror, you will be pulled into this heart-pounding journey where reality becomes the deadliest trap of all.
- "I'm a huge fan of Philip K. Dick… this feels like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." –Jonica, Amazon Reviewer
- "Absolutely loved it." –Fredrox, Amazon Reviewer
- "Spectacular." –W. Nickels, Amazon Reviewer
- "Twists and twists and twists." -- Amazon Reviewer
- "Fantastic book – amazing world building…" Informed reader, Amazon Reviewer
- "well-written, intelligent and makes you think."-- Amazon Reviewer
- "Highly recommended for any sci-fi fan." -- Amazon Reviewer
- "Excellent psychological thriller that plays with your mind." –J Phillips, Amazon Reviewer
- "Keeps the action and the twists coming!" -- Amazon Reviewer
- "Thrill ride." –Riann F., Amazon Reviewer
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About Tony Bertauski
I grew up in the Midwest where the land is flat and the corn is tall. The winters are bleak and cold. I hated winters.
I always wanted to write. But writing was hard. And I wasn’t very disciplined. The cold had nothing to do with that, but it didn’t help. That changed in grad school.
After several attempts at a proposal, my major advisor was losing money on red ink and advised me to figure it out. Somehow, I did.
After grad school, my wife and my two very little children moved to the South in Charleston, South Carolina where the winters are spring and the summers are a sauna (cliche but dead accurate). That’s when I started teaching and writing articles for trade magazines. I eventually published two textbooks on landscape design. I then transitioned to writing a column for the Post and Courier. They were all great gigs, but they weren’t fiction.
That was a few years later.
My daughter started reading before she could read, pretending she knew the words in books she propped on her lap. My son was a different story. In an attempt to change that, I began writing a story with him. We made up a character, gave him a name, and something to do. As with much of parenting, it did not go as planned. But the character got stuck in my head.
He wanted out.
A few years later, Socket Greeny was born. It was a science fiction trilogy that was gritty and thoughtful. That was 2005.
I have been practicing Zen since I was 23 years old. A daily meditator, I wanted to instill something meaningful in my stories that appeals to a young adult crowd as well as adult. I hadn’t planned to write fiction, didn’t even know if I had anymore stories in me after Socket Greeny.
Turns out I did.
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