Book Excerpt
“I’m sure all of
you are wondering just what the point of all this is,” Merrus said. “Well, if
you take a trip to your team hotel you will find a large metal door in the
basement. On the other side of that door is an expansive cache of weaponry.
Now, I don’t mean more paintball supplies when I say that. I mean real metal
guns firing real lead ammunition, the kind that kills. The goal of the game
remains the same: one team must eliminate the other. You have until this Sunday
at ten in the morning to complete the game with the weapons provided for you.
If one team does not eliminate the other in that time the nuclear device will
eliminate you all. I suggest you all dump your paintball gear, it is no
good against real ammunition. Good luck, and let War Town begin.”
Merrus’s feed cut. Less than a second later, the screen atop
the bomb lit up and began counting down. People around the bomb screamed and
ran the opposite direction. Panic enveloped the crowds and people scattered. I
stayed where I was, I had no idea where I wanted to go.
Once the crowds dispersed as people ran for the trolleys, a
select few of us remained. Mikey was one of the people who stayed put. With
slow, careful steps we approached each other, looking at one another across the
dividing line with solemn, confused expressions.
“This all can’t be real, can it?” Mikey asked, his voice
nearly inaudible.
I looked around to the other people approaching each other at
the line. So many friends, family members, and couples all joined with separate
teams to fight each other for fun. Suddenly the fun disappeared, and they were
stuck on opposing sides. There was one couple only a few yards from us. They
looked to be in their late teens. A tall skinny boy with long dark hair on the
Red side, and a short, equally thin girl with blinding blonde locks on my side.
Even with the distance between myself and them fear showed clearly in
their faces. Just like Mikey, they were both hoping that none of it was real.
“I don’t know,”
I said. “I don’t know.”
About the Book
Title: War Town
Author: Mitch Goth
Genre: New Adult Thriller
For Olly Rourke, War Town’s opening day
is a joyous occasion. He is one of a thousand people selected to be the
first players in the world’s largest paintball arena. But as he soon
finds out, the game he enters into is far more sinister. Two equal
teams, locked in the massive arena together, and presented with an
armory of real ammunition and a time bomb powerful enough to kill them
all. The only way out is to eliminate the other team, by any means
necessary.
Author Bio
Mitch Goth currently resides in Yellow
Springs, Ohio, where he attends Antioch College. When not writing, he
spends his time investigating the paranormal and indulging in a good
book or movie.
Links
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MitchellGothAuthor
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