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    Blood Tournament: 2018, #1

    By King Samuel Benson

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    The year is 2018, the place is New World, and the event is the 3rd Annual Fight Tournament. Forty contestants are pitted against each other; ten are expected to be alive at the end of the game...

    When 17-year old Alex King and secret crush Mercy Damalie are chosen to represent their district, Alex finds himself stuck between two choices — to accept Mercy's father's offer and escape with them, leaving his own family behind, or to go to the tournament alone.

    To keep his widowed mother from losing her only son, and Mercy's father from losing another daughter, Alex is determined to stay alive. But staying alive is only one part of the puzzle. And when he discovers he has an adversary who is determined to make sure he does not live to see another day, things can get sour very quickly...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEritail Publishing
    Release dateSep 23, 2012
    ISBN9781498981026
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    King Samuel Benson

    I'm King. I'm African by birth and English by accent. I was born inside a yellow transit bus on April 15, 1993. I'm dark chocolate in complexion with a strong athletic build. In 2013, I packed my life's belongings in two large duffel bags and traveled to a French country, hoping to begin life as a university freshman. After four years of undergraduate study, I left the university without a degree. Life is simple to me, but not in the way I like it to be. I don't believe in luck. Luck is a man-made device. I believe the real word is miracle. I believe in miracles. Miracles abound everyday if we open our eyes to them. I believe in love. Without love, there'd be no happiness, and without love, there'd be no freedom. I dream of a country where love is the only law. I believe in happy-ever-after. There's a place of perfect joy. I believe in a brighter future. I daily envision a great future unveiling before me. My immediate timeline may not be realistic, but I'm confident that I'll get there someday. Visit my website at kingsamuelbenson.com

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    • 5/5
      It's 2018, and the world is no more! Well, not the world you know! Welcome to New World where your opinions are not required, where there are only five occupations and the New Government is the only employer, where humanoids are the police and you don't get arrested for an offence; you get executed on the spot, where your kids are brainwashed in school, where you are constantly monitored even while you sleep, where you live in constant fear! Welcome to New World where your children are randomly chosen every year and sent into a fight arena and forced to kill themselves. And it's not very far from now; it's happening in 2015!
    • 5/5
      A story that is as sensitive as it is brutal, Blood Tournament tells of the aftermath of a country ravaged by war, and the people who survived. I question whether the war was necessary or contrived, but have no doubt that the government is caring for the surviving citizens by controlling them for its own benefit. Torment and terror are used to take control of the children, and the adults are kept in line through them, as well as by monitors that seem to surround them at every turn. The mandated battles are reminiscent of the days of the gladiators, though with young adults, who have little hope of survival, and are forced to fight to the death of their innocent, but forced adversaries or to die themselves. The characters are well developed, and the reader has a clear sense of their individual personalities. The author leaves you anxious for more. I found the story riveting.