Kingdom of Players: SW Tanpepper's GAMELAND (Episode 6) (Volume 6) - SW Tanpepper's GAMELAND #6

Saul Tanpepper

Summary

Fully revised and updated 2/11/13 
EPISODE 6: Kingdom of Players 
Armed with a potential antiserum to the reanimation virus, Jessica races back to Gameland to save her infected friend. Waylaid along the way, she must fight for her life to save another. Will she make it back in time? Or will her friend die and return as one of the Undead? 
SERIES DESCRIPTION: 
In the center of Long Island's zombie wasteland, overseen by a megalithic corporation known as Arc Properties, is a virtual reality gaming arcade: 
GAMELAND 
It's here that the rich pit the Undead against each other in a high stakes game of violence, money and power, all for the entertainment of the masses. 
On a whim, six young computer hackers decide to sneak onto the island, hopeful of catching a glimpse of the uncontrolled Infecteds, victims of the outbreak there a decade earlier. But while breaking into The Game is easier than any of them could have ever imagined, getting back out turns into one hell of a killer. 
This episode approximately 41,000 words 
Not recommended for readers under the age of 15

Available since: 10/01/2012.

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