Bøger af Tyler H. Jolley

2023 Next Generation Indie Book Finalist for Science FictionWe have all heard it many times in our lives. Get off your phone! You spend too much time on your phone! But for Will Hadding and his family and friends, being on their phone is the only way to survive. Will's extraordinarily mediocre life is just fine with him. But for his parents who work so hard to give him and his sister more, life couldn't get better once they win the Purquility Lottery.Winning the coveted prize means a promise of a disease-free and charmed life in a brand-new home inside a perfectly manicured, planned city. But it also means leaving everything and everyone from your old life behind. After the cleansing process, his family is whisked away in a luxurious limousine to start their new life. But for Will, none of this sits right with him.Will's suspicions intensify when his mother falls gravely ill-and seemingly no one is helping her. Desperate to find answers, Will goes on a mission to find out who the officers of the homeowners association really are. During his search, he crosses paths with a missing "dead" girl, Andy. Along with her two friends, they help Will uncover the truth about Purquility.With only hours to formulate an exit plan, will he find a way to take down the HOA? Or will he succumb to something much worse?

What if your next meal, drink of water, or lumber for your house was dependent on the success of someone else's gaming skills? For Bastian, Callum, and Odette and everyone else in the concrete city of 55178, it is. The more skilled the gamer is, the more commodities your town receives. Unfortunately, in twenty-four hours, tools will rust, water becomes tainted, and food turns rancid. Every day is a fight for resources, becoming captive to the arcade games. With his best friend on the precipice of Leveling Up, Bastian somehow knows there's something more to life than this. With a conspiratorial idea worming its way into the fabric of their daily lives, Bastian decides he needs answers. And those answers lurk below. Under the Elevators. An impulsive move thrusts Bastian into a dangerous ride on one of these Elevators. A journey that uncovers the dark secret that lies at the end of the elevator ride, into a new world. Faced with a terrifying reality, Bastian must find a way to save the townsfolk of 55178 and stop the madness that has trapped him and his people for decades.