Ganked: Geeked Out Mysteries #1
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Fifteen year old Orin Hatch came to StrifeCon to geek-out over his favourite online video game and own noobs on the PvP battlefield. Now, he’s running from the cops, searching for his brother and hunting a killer.
When his brother is framed for murder, Orin and his gamer friends delve into the their virtual world in search of someone with very real secret worth killing for.
Can these geek detectives catch the killer before it's game over?
Packed with epic loot, dodgy gold farmers and lots of PvP action, Ganked is a Young Adult gamer geek mystery perfect for the videogamer in your life.
With these sample chapters, award-winning author, Liam O'Donnell invites you to get your geek on and meet reluctant detective Orin Hatch and his buddies as they uncover murky underworld of gold farming, account hacking and murder in their favorite online video game.
This just an excerpt I put up way back when. The full edition will be released on wattpad soon. Promise.
In the meantime, you would be really supporting me if you head to to http://liamodonnell.com/project/ganked/ and buy a copy at the vendor of your choice (including me!)
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