Arcade

Description

In the near-future, our technology centered world is reduced to a pre-industrial state. Explosions around the globe generate electromagnetic pulses that destroy every piece of technology using electronic circuits. Silicon Valley is not immune to the chaos that erupts. In the ruins of the world's technology hub, society's remnants focus on survival.In the final days before the Change, retired FBI agent Walter Jackson pursues his estranged wife and daughter from Memphis to the Bay Area. His return home now impossible, Walter survives by working for the local police while still seeking his family. He discovers a high-tech company that still operates with food, power and a mission that reaches far beyond our solar system. Its leader, Sloan Holt, is also driven by the need to recover a loved one.Walter and Sloan collaborate, but other dangers put them at risk - from an industrialist who sees opportunity in the chaos to unknown forces from an alien world. The game of survival is being played out in an apocalyptic arcade.MF Thomas, author of the acclaimed sci-fi thrillers Seeing by Moonlight and A Sickness in Time, returns with a fast-paced tale of the strength of familial ties in the ruins of a high-tech world. Arcade entertains fans of Ready Player One, Alien and Interstellar.

MF Thomas has lived and worked in more than 20 countries, including a few years in Central America. While he is happy to be home in the United States, he can still be found in an airport most every week. He co-authored two sci-fi thrillers with Nicholas Thurkettle: Seeing by Moonlight in 2013 and A Sickness in Time in 2016. In addition to print and digital options, both books have serialized audio versions found on every podcast platform. MF Thomas is also the executive producer of the independent horror movie, A Ghost Waits, released in 2019. His fourth book, Spirals, is expected in 2020.