
In a near‑future arena, a new sport has turned the simple act of tossing a ball into a deadly mental duel. Players wield telekinesis to fling a glowing sphere at astonishing speeds, while spectators watch breathlessly as the game teeters between art and violence. Grant, an uneasy veteran of the match, senses something wrong when a star competitor, Tony, pushes the limits of the sport’s safety, and his partner Bee tries desperately to keep the chaos in check.
The crowd’s roar masks a growing unease, and the enigmatic referee and commissioner scramble to explain a sudden, fatal misfire that defies every rule of the game. As the drama unfolds, the story probes how technology reshapes competition, flirtation, and the thin line between spectacle and tragedy. Listeners are invited into a tense, mind‑bending world where the power to control a ball may also control fate.
Language
en
Duration
~27 minutes (26K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2016-02-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

A contemporary novelist with a taste for suspense, dark turns, and offbeat premises, this author has published thrillers and genre fiction including The Stalk Club and Stephanie's Diary. Readers can expect fast-moving stories built around trouble, mystery, and uneasy fun that goes much further than expected.
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