The Arena Mode Saga
2 primary works
Book 1
Superhumans live among us, but none of them want to save the world. Instead, they're competing in 2041's deadliest sport: 'Arena Mode'.
Hoping to win enough money for life-saving surgery, Matthew Moxon enters the event ... but in a battle against superhumans, he’s the only competitor without a super power.
In 2041 superhumans live among us, but none of them want to save the world.
Not that there's much left to save: sea levels are rising, the income gap is widening, and the rich live above it all in Manhattan's shimmering megatowers.
Below in the Fringe, Matthew Moxon has done virtually nothing with his record-shattering IQ except catalog comic books and cheat at blackjack … until he discovers a tumor is pressing against his brain.
Unable to afford life-saving surgery, Mox enters a deadly sporting event where superhumans fight for a multi-billion dollar prize.
An expert at tilting the odds in his favor, Mox has a strategy, an inside track, and his friends to help. But in a competition with demigods, he’s the only one without a super power … and he’s armed with nothing more than his rapidly-diminishing brain cells.
Book 2
The sequel to the Amazon best-selling Arena Mode, Assault or Attrition is a scintillating adventure that draws you into a dystopian future where superhumans are a chilling reality - and those who worship them are even more terrifying.
Thanks to an inoperable tumor pressing against his brain, Matthew Moxon was left with few options for survival. In 2041 his only chance was a multi-million dollar nanotech procedure - a price tag far out of reach until he entered 'Arena Mode': a fighting tournament reserved for super-powered beings where the winner would become one of the wealthiest people on the planet.
Moxon escaped the grueling event with his life, as well as the grand prize, but en route to crossing the proverbial finish line he was forced to kill Sergei Taktarov, a superhuman with a legion of followers who considered him the Second Coming.
He retreats to Northern Canada in search of solace, unaware he'll soon be hunted by religious extremists, bounty hunters, and a dark figure from his past.