In a future world where eSports has replaced battles between nations, one extraordinary woman inspires such patriotic fervor that fans begin betting their lives on the outcome of the Championship.
TORY QUINN is a pseudonym for the writing team of William Roetzheim and Randy Becker. William started his career in the tech industry. After launching multiple software companies, he turned his attention to writing, penning an award-winning trilogy of plays about America's great poets. Randy is an Emmy-nominated producer who began his career as an actor starring in film, television, and on Broadway, including the Tony Award-winning play Love! Valour! Compassion! He now expresses his creativity through writing and producing. Marie Vibbert is the author of more than 70 science fiction short stories printed in top magazines. Her work has been called "everything science fiction should be" by the Oxford Culture Review. Marie's debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was praised by Publishers Weekly as "a rip-roaring space heist." A frequent Analog AnLab Readers' Award finalist, she has won story of the year from Apex Magazine and had work reprinted in The Best Science Fiction of the Year anthology as well as China's Science Fiction World magazine. She played professional women's tackle football for five years with the Cleveland Fusion, as an offensive and defensive lineman. Learn more about her at https: //marievibbert.com.
