Deader

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Christopher Mathias, Mar 30, 2024 - Fiction - 370 pages

In a world divided between the privileged sky cities, struggling tower cities, and the desolate ground, a young woman named Sophie uncovers a dark secret that threatens to unravel the fabric of her society. Born in the sky cities, but yearning to know about life below, Sophie becomes entangled in the life of Garim, a Deader – a performer who dies nightly in a twisted entertainment show, only to be brought back to life by the mysterious drug Necrolift.

As Sophie and Garim’s paths intertwine, they find themselves caught in a web of lies, betrayal, and exploitation orchestrated by the ruthless Hetzel. Together, they must navigate the treacherous landscape of their worlds, uncovering the horrific truth behind Necrolift’s origin and the depths of human cruelty.

Sophie and Garim must risk everything to expose the corruption that plagues their society and fight for a chance at freedom, redemption, and a future worth living for. Deader is a gripping sci-fi thriller that explores the depths of human resilience, the price of survival, and the power of hope in a dystopian world where death is just another performance.

 

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Contents

Chapter
Chapter Four
Chapter
Chapter Eight
Chapter
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter TwentyThree
Chapter TwentyFive
Chapter TwentySeven

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About the author (2024)

Christopher Mathias: Voracious reader. Autodidact. Committed writer. Committed musician. Lyricist and songwriter. Sometimes-inventor. Social-opiner. Sometimes-mentor. Sometimes-neologist. Technologist. All-around-nice-guy wishing the best for the society, and the planet. Modern renaissance man if thats a thing.

Raised on a dairy farm in North Dakota. Started computer programming at age 12 in 1983. Read 1984 in 1984 (oops). Started writing at age 14 in 1985.

Today he resides in Austin Texas with his passionately anachronistic wife (she can shear a sheep, dye and spin the yarn, and knit you a sweater - all while painting you a lullaby), and his brilliant and beautiful daughter (also a writer and avid social critic).