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$50 #Giveaway Rationality Zero by J.M. Guillen @JM_Guillen Ends 5.5

April 28, 2022 By Mary 52 Comments



Rationality Zero
J.M. Guillen
(The Dossiers of Asset 108, #1)
Publication date: April 28th 2022
Genres: Adult, Science Fiction

A living weapon. An attack on the laws of reality. One chance to save the world.

Michael Bishop is a man who never dreams, who never gets ill. He lives his entire life oblivious to the truths hidden from him.

He is a tool in the hand of the most powerful organization on Earth.

Michael’s world transforms when They bring him online- when They activate the mysterious technology buried within his skull.

Then, the lies fall away. He becomes Asset 108. Using intricate technology, he defends humanity from the gibbering, tentacled horrors that haunt our world.

When mysterious renegades fracture the very laws of nature, Asset 108 is put into position. As the world begins to unravel, a cabal of madmen with physics shattering powers hunt 108 and his cadre, driving them into an alternate reality— a realm filled with inhuman horror.

Between otherworldly arachnids, muscled brutes infected with psionic parasites, and depraved cultists, grisly deaths lurk behind Michael’s every choice.

Yet all too soon, things become far, far, worse.

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EXCERPT:

Regular people, folks with normal lives, never dream of how strange their world could quickly become. When things get weird…

That’s where I come in.

Most of the time, things were simple. I lived the perfect life, my days drawn from most men’s fantasies. I didn’t work; I didn’t have to. I got a wire into my account every two weeks. It varied, but the amount surpassed what some people made in six months. Yet I didn’t know where it came from. The sources had vague names like VRS Solutions or Apex Enterprises, throwaway companies that disappeared the next week.

Some might call me spoiled. Yet it got better.

I drove a new sports car. A candy-red thing that got me all kinds of attention. My wardrobe was perfectly tailored to me and quite expansive. My apartment in San Francisco should have run over ten grand a month, yet I never paid a dime of rent. It had a movie room, three separate bedrooms, and a small library, not to mention the personal white room for my Facility gear.

Oh, and… company.

I almost never spent an evening alone. I could have a different enchanting companion every night if I wanted. Or two. Not due to being a sleazy pickup artist, it was simply the way my evenings unfolded. I went to the right clubs, wore the right clothes. Before I knew it, I was dancing with someone like Caprice or her nameless friend. And the night’s enticements had just begun.

As I said, I lived most men’s fantasies.

There were other things though, odd things.

I never got ill. Never.

I never remembered my dreams.

I never worked out, ate whatever I pleased, and remained incredibly fit.

I’ve never done taxes—in any country. A notation on all deposits read: tax paid.

I had no account with any public utility or phone company, yet I owned a phone and used electricity.

I never bought my clothes or books or other diversions. A metallic white board hung on my fridge. Just now, it had “Men in Black” scrawled across it, indicating I wanted the VHS. As soon as I left, I felt certain it’d appear, yet I’d never seen anyone come into my place.

When in torpor, I had no curiosity about any of this. They took care of everything. It was simple. I lived the perfect life.

Until activated.

Once active, I was a tool in the hand of the most powerful organization on Earth. I had access to devices and technology that literally shaped reality as we know it. We accomplished this through the alteration of laws we termed axioms. In actuality, axioms were an analogy for the various laws of physics, some yet to be discovered by mankind.

To Assets such as myself, the axioms of physics were weaponry. They might be bent or altogether broken while on assignment. The awesome technology responsible for that was an absolute requirement for what we did, the bare minimum of what we needed in order to come back alive.

Because dark, inhuman things lurked in the shadows of our world—things most people couldn’t even imagine. Our very reality was under siege by beings older than humanity itself.

Author Bio:

JM Guillen was your average, everyday awesome writer just trying to make it in this modern, awful corporate dystopia. He knew he wanted to make wonderful, bizarre things, but how could he afford to make that happen? Every day, he sat about crying and drinking, trying to figure out what he could do.

THEN A RADIOACTIVE METEOR CRASHED INTO HIS BACKYARD! FROM OUTER SPACE!

While examining the fuming interstellar rock, unknowable emanations radiated into the very center of his being. These unearthly energies changed the very depths of him, granting him powers that no man can name, and no god could ever master.

Reeling from the influx of spectral energies, he stumbled back into his home, his eyes open. Now, an entire universe unfolded before him. Now, he saw the way.

HE STARTED HIS OWN EVIL PUBLISHING COMPANY!

Now, JM Guillen begins to meet AWESOME people who supported his INSANE plans. Fiendishly, he scrawls story after story, writing steampunk, dark fantasy and eldritch horror…

Reality will never be the same.

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Comments

  1. Judy Thomas says

    April 28, 2022 at 12:15 am

    I love that cover, it’s gorgeous!

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  2. Shelly Peterson says

    April 28, 2022 at 1:53 am

    Love this cover.

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  3. Maria Malaveci says

    April 28, 2022 at 4:39 am

    Sounds like a wonderful read!

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  4. Marcy Meyer says

    April 28, 2022 at 5:03 am

    I like the cover. It looks great. Sounds like a good story.

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  5. Kim Kern says

    April 28, 2022 at 5:07 am

    Sounds like a “gripping” story.

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  6. Julie Bickham says

    April 28, 2022 at 6:00 am

    Looks like its going to be a interesting story.

    Reply
  7. Rita Wray says

    April 28, 2022 at 6:45 am

    Sounds like a great read.

    Reply
  8. Cathy French says

    April 28, 2022 at 7:26 am

    i am looking forward to reading and learning more about the technology in his skull

    Reply
  9. Marisela Zuniga says

    April 28, 2022 at 7:50 am

    Great book excerpt, this sounds really good

    Reply
  10. Victoria Alexander says

    April 28, 2022 at 7:52 am

    Sounds like a book I’ll enjoy!

    Reply
  11. Bea LaRocca says

    April 28, 2022 at 7:54 am

    I like the cover art, synopsis and excerpt, I love sci-fi so this is a must read for me. Thank you for sharing the author’s bio and book details

    Reply
  12. Audrey Stewart says

    April 28, 2022 at 9:13 am

    M . H . B . is a new author to me and I look forward to reading her books.

    Reply
  13. Eva Millien says

    April 28, 2022 at 10:57 am

    Happy Book Birthday, J.M.! I enjoyed the excerpt and Rationality Zero sounds like a thrilling read for me to enjoy and I love the cool cover! Good luck with your book and the blitz! Thanks for sharing it with me and have an awesome day!

    Reply
  14. sherry fundin says

    April 28, 2022 at 11:31 am

    spiders???? did someone say arachnids????
    sherry @ fundinmental

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  15. Sherry says

    April 28, 2022 at 11:44 am

    Sounds like an interesting book.

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  16. Glenda M says

    April 28, 2022 at 12:01 pm

    This sounds interesting. I really like the cover!

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  17. Thomas Gibson says

    April 28, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    Excellent work!

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  18. Joye I says

    April 28, 2022 at 1:48 pm

    I am always looking for new authors to read. This book sounds like the kind I would enjoy reading.

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  19. heather says

    April 28, 2022 at 1:55 pm

    This sounds super good and one I would love to read this summer and the cover is amazing.

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  20. Julie Waldron says

    April 28, 2022 at 2:08 pm

    Neat cover, sounds like a good book.

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  21. wendy hutton says

    April 28, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    wondrful covr, congrats on the release

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  22. Dianne Casey says

    April 28, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Sounds fascinating.

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  23. Latifa Morrisette says

    April 28, 2022 at 5:39 pm

    Sounds very intriguing.

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  24. Bonnie says

    April 28, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    What an exciting book! Great cover and excerpt. I’d love to read more.

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  25. Deb Pelletier says

    April 28, 2022 at 8:41 pm

    Very interesting. 🙂

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  26. Clem says

    April 28, 2022 at 11:05 pm

    Sounds interesting.

    Reply
  27. Marcy Meyer says

    April 29, 2022 at 4:56 am

    The cover looks great. I enjoyed the excerpt. Sounds good.

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  28. Barbara Montag says

    April 29, 2022 at 7:05 am

    Science Fiction is a favorite genre of mine.
    And what a great cover!
    Thank you for sharing this.

    Reply
  29. Margaret Smith says

    April 29, 2022 at 7:57 am

    Congratulations on the book release. Sounds like an exciting story.

    Reply
  30. Audrey Stewart says

    April 29, 2022 at 8:05 am

    J.M. Guillen is a new author to me and I look forward to reading his books.

    Reply
  31. Cindy Merrill says

    April 29, 2022 at 8:18 am

    Reality isn’t what it’s cracked up to be- sounds like the poor bloke is going to figure that out soon enough.

    Reply
  32. Sara Zielinski says

    April 29, 2022 at 10:34 am

    This book sounds amazing

    Reply
  33. paige chandler says

    April 29, 2022 at 10:46 am

    Things always get weird. Thanks for reminding us.

    Reply
  34. Abigail Gibson says

    April 29, 2022 at 1:29 pm

    Sounds like a great book!

    Reply
  35. Kim Kern says

    April 29, 2022 at 2:17 pm

    I like the cover. The story sounds very interesting.

    Reply
  36. bn100 says

    April 29, 2022 at 2:43 pm

    looks cool

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  37. Ann Fantom says

    April 29, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

    Reply
  38. David Hollingsworth says

    April 29, 2022 at 6:23 pm

    This book sounds amazing!

    Reply
  39. Cindi Knowles says

    April 30, 2022 at 7:59 pm

    Sounds great, cool cover!

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  40. Cynthia C says

    May 1, 2022 at 5:11 am

    The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

    Reply
  41. Maryann says

    May 1, 2022 at 4:26 pm

    This story line is very intriguing.

    Reply
  42. Jolanda says

    May 1, 2022 at 10:04 pm

    Sounds like a great read.

    Reply
  43. Sandra Dufoe says

    May 2, 2022 at 5:19 am

    Sounds like a great read.

    Reply
  44. Jen L says

    May 2, 2022 at 3:27 pm

    Sounds fantastic

    Reply
  45. Judy Gregory says

    May 2, 2022 at 11:45 pm

    Looks great.

    Reply
  46. Daniel M says

    May 3, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    sounds like a fun one

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  47. Billie R says

    May 3, 2022 at 3:07 pm

    The cover looks interesting and I would love if I could eat whatever I wanted and still stay fit!

    Reply
  48. Amy Green says

    May 3, 2022 at 7:15 pm

    Sounds like this Tin Man needs the love of a good woman! Pan for a heart of gold in this sci-fi saga!

    Reply
  49. Lauren Winston says

    May 3, 2022 at 8:35 pm

    Fantastic cover! I want to read this!

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  50. sheila ressel says

    May 4, 2022 at 8:30 am

    Sounds like a great read.

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  51. Jenn says

    May 4, 2022 at 2:13 pm

    Wow psionic parasites… I love the details!

    Reply
  52. Dreadrake says

    May 4, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    Awesome cover and it sounds like an interesting book!

    Reply

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