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EMMA STARTED out as an AI in control of an underground complex but now she has control of an entire district of a city run by a madwoman. Plots will be hatched, insults thrown, and science done as new factions rise to power and struggle for dominance.

AFTERWORD

When I wrote The Laboratory I wasn’t sure if anyone would enjoy it or not. I was combining a lot of different things from the ideas of dungeon core to superheroes to some of the over the top violence and craziness that seem to be a major theme of my books.

I said if people loved it and wanted more I’d do a sequel and I’m a man of my word. This one comes in a little longer than the first (and the future volumes are going to be longer yet). I have big plans for where to take things, and directions to take this series that I haven’t seen anywhere else. If you stick with this series it will be a wild ride.

The date this publishes is also the one-year anniversary of the publication of my first book, Dungeon Crawl. I wasn’t sure how that one would do either, but because of the success of my Crucible Shard series I was able to quit a day job troubleshooting phones and become a full-time author.

I’m a few days back from Las Vegas where I went to a conference for authors. I got to be surrounded by some truly brilliant people who have been at this a lot longer than I have (and cleaned up at the slots to boot). From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I wouldn’t be here and doing something I love if it weren’t for readers. I hope I bring you a fraction of the joy you’ve brought me.

Skyler Grant

ALSO BY SKYLER GRANT

The Crucible Shard

Liam lives in a world where gamers are held up on a pedestal and their competitions are high entertainment where only the elite get to complaint. When he enters the virtual world himself he finds reality is far weirder than he could ever have anticipated, and when sometimes you think you are the hero you really wind up being the villain. Brutal action, real character development over the series, and many plot-twists.

Book 1: Dungeon Crawl

Book 2: Spawn Campers

Book 3: Corpse Run

Book 4: Gank

Book 5: Area of Effect

Book 6: DLC

Book 7: Endgame

Audio

Book 1: Dungeon Crawl

Book 2: Spawn Campers

Book 3: Corpse Run

Book 4: Gank

Book 5: Area of Effect

Book 6: DLC

Cyberpunk with a heroine who kicks tail and a world that is brutal. Corporations fill the role as culture and the Network is a vast virtual landscape people use to escape the horrors of a decaying Earth. Unfortunately humans bring their horrors with them.

The Persephone Saga

Book 1: Persephone Falling

Book 2: Persephone Rising

Book 3: Persephone Ascendant (coming soon)

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Table of Contents

Copyright

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Afterword

Also by Skyler Grant