In honor of Tuesday's launch of Operation Shambling Tide, my first LitRPG novel, I'm sharing the first two chapters here for your enjoyment!

Chapter One

Afghanistan

The HMMWV’s engine growled beneath Sergeant Solomon “Sol” Drake as he navigated another pothole in the cracked asphalt road. Dust clouds billowed behind the convoy, coating everything in a fine layer of tan grit that had become as familiar as breathing during his fifteen months in this godforsaken...

For the last several weeks I've been working on my first LitRPG novel entitled Operation Shambling Tide. It is set in my Great Undead War universe but features different characters than those in the main trilogy.

Here's the back cover copy and the cover art:

When the IED exploded, Staff Sergeant Solomon Drake thought his war was over. He was wrong. It was just beginning.

Bleeding out in Afghanistan, Drake awakens in a field hospital tent that reeks of...

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