The world is choking on dust. Nothing grows outside the towns. The nobles rule everything, decide who can have children.
Tom wants to become a father, but he was born damaged. The only cure is to become a champion in the game. A brutal contest where most players end up dead. He’ll compete to give his wife what she wants; to give them both a future.
An avid reader from an early age, Simon Cantan loved to get lost in the worlds that Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, and others created. When he read Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted at the age of thirteen, he knew he wanted to write, and has been pestering people about it ever since.
Two decades later, Simon has published several books, including the Bytarend, Black Silicon, and Kyra Sarin series. He continues to write science-fiction and fantasy, usually with a humorous slant to it.