Socket Greeny Books
“A brilliantly-written complexly-layered plot, set in a vivid, tangible future world.” --IndieReader He was a nobody. Just a kid with a funny name. A virtualmode gamer, he was killing time and hating school. That all changed when a virtual stranger corrupted his game world. Nothing would ever be the same. Socket’s mom was a workaholic. He didn’t know what she did, exactly. It was important, was all she ever said. The day everything changed, his mom showed him what she did. It started with a wormhole. She didn’t want to show him the truth or what this world was really about. He wasn’t ready for it. But life, she said, doesn’t wait till you're ready. Reality was tenuous. And there were people who protected it, people who had existed for eons. Socket Greeny was one of them. Ready or not. "Absolutely the BEST sci-fi! Totally enjoyable!" –Dr. Bill Encke, Reviewer "I cried and laughed… I was captivated." –Teresa Koschalk, Reviewer "A story along the lines of Heinlein's best!" –SciFiGirl, Reviewer "Transcendent… a beautiful and well written expression." Tiffany, Reviewer "A Great Series for the SF fan of any Age." Greg T, Reviewer "Twists throughout woven in so well you may not notice the dominos until the very end." Reviewer "This was one of the best sci-fi/tech audiobooks I've heard lately, and frankly I can't believe it's still relatively undiscovered." Ms. Christian C., Reviewer IndieReader's BEST BOOKS of 2014 7 Indie Titles Perfect for the Big Screen –IndieReader (2015)
Socket Greeny is a cadet nearing the final test. But that's the least of his problems. His cruel trainer has pushed him to the brink of physical and mental failure. But Socket's greatest challenge is much closer to home. Fear, he finds, has many faces. In order to survive, he’ll have to solve a riddle that has eluded the Paladin Nation. The true enemy lurks within.
The Paladin Nation is rebuilding. Socket Greeny is leading them into a new era. But when the Paladin Nation’s most notorious traitor returns, Socket discovers nothing is what he expected. His life has been planned from the time before he was born. He is faced with ultimate betrayal. In the end, he won't save the world. It'll be all of reality.
Socket Greeny is not normal. His funny name and snow-white hair are the least of his problems. When a devious prank goes bad, Socket and his friends realize they are about to lose everything they’ve worked for in the alternate reality universe of virtualmode. But when the data drain encroaches on Socket’s subconscious memories, some mysterious force erases the event entirely. Subtle clues suggest there's more to him than he knows and will lead him to discover why his mom is always at work. And just how far from normal he is. The beginning of Socket Greeny’s epic journey to save himself begins with the making. The universe is depending on him. INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR When did you start writing? My first effort started with Socket Greeny. It was a story I started for my son because he hated to read. It didn’t work, but this character – Socket – took root. It was the first time I felt possessed by a character with a story to tell. It took me 5 years and countless rewrites to get it right. I waited by the mailbox after that, but the giant paycheck never arrived. If you can’t make money, why write fiction? I didn’t say you can’t make money. There are a lot of people out there with a good book, whether it’s romance, dystopia, science fiction or young adult. I’m just a minnow in a crowded pond. It took a good deal of networking and research to realize just how hard it is. Thanks to epublishing, I can get the book out. That frees me up to write what inspires me. Writing is the true love. There’s something deeply satisfying to have characters come to life in your mind and watch their stories unfold. It’s a deeper experience than reading someone else’s story. What do you want readers to get from your stories? I’ve always been inspired by fearless writing that asked poignant questions; questions like who am I and what is the universe? Things that made me look at life slightly different; books that exposed a layer of reality. Writing in the young adult genre appealed to me most because that’s the age I really craved those questions and answers. I want readers to see the world slightly different. What is your favorite character? I love a bad, bad antagonist that you can’t entirely hate; there’s some smidgeon of redemption you feel inside this demented, sorry character. Heath Ledger’s Joker. A despicable character that didn’t deserve an ounce of pity, but, for some reason, I didn’t hate him as much as I should have. It’s that character I find most intriguing. In The Socket Greeny Saga, the character Pike was my Joker.
The Soldier wakes on the battlefield. He's a pawn in a larger conflict with no memory of where he was before coming online. His exoskeletal armor forces him into combat. Only when he engages free will does he break out of automode. And things get weird. Hunted by the cleaners, he transports to other worlds. It's not till he's captured does he understand what he really is. And how to truly escape. This is an introduction to the The Socket Greeny Saga, a heady trip into an alternate universe where a strange and introverted teenager discovers life is more than virtualmode gaming. The world isn't safe. And all of reality is in danger.