The Traitor Games

Self-Published

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Description

Welcome to the Traitor Games, and congratulations on your invitation to join as one of the races putting on a show for the galaxy. Your species has been judged as too violent for integration into the Galactic Conglomerate and thus the decision has been made to relegate you to a probationary period during which members of your species will be pitted against each other in games of lies and betrayal. Unfortunate, but the great thing about a probationary period is that it can end! How can we do that; you might be asking. Well, that's easy, if those participants can earn enough points through playing the games, they can potentially buy out your probationary time. Of course, other rewards will also be on offer for success in the games, and if none of your species chooses to be selfless, well then it just goes to show that you wouldn't have been a good fit for us anyway. All those on Earth unlucky enough to not be chosen to become part of one of the most popular shows on Galactic Television, fear not. We will be streaming the various games your race is participating in all across the world. Should we run out of participants, even with our most generous three life system, we will draw more from the population. Good Luck!

Noah Landry is one of these participants, he just doesn't know it yet. He blacks out while walking to the local bar McCaffery's, and finds himself, somewhere else. He's wearing clothing he doesn't remember putting on and rocking an absolute banger of a headache. Now he needs to figure out where he is, what's going on, and how he can get out of the Traitor Games.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Runezurain

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Rating: 5.0/ 5.0
Followers: 18
Views: 11,061

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Community Reviews(2)

AlexaLeeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I think that this book is off to a great start!
Story: Noah is thrown into a cruel game with a random group of people where he must play the role of "innocent" and survive. Unfortunately, some of the group have been designated the role of "traitor". Noah and the rest of the innocents must try and complete tasks within a certain time frame whilst the traitors try to ruin this. If they are unsuccessful, they may lose their lives.
Style: The story is written in the present tense which is quite interesting and novel for me as I predominately read ones written in the past tense. There are a few slips and I think it could be done slightly smoother but it is nothing that some editing cannot fix!
Characters: The characterisation was good! I think it would benefit from a little bit more emotional exploration to give Noah a more distinct feeling but on a whole they were good!
Grammar: No problems here!
On a whole, I liked this! I will absolutely be following it and reading more! Some of the chapters felt a little short but luckily, they are being updated very regularly so it's not a problem!
Good job!
InkysparrowRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Loved the chapters I read so far.
Story: The book is something like an Isekai with the theme of "Among us" as the back drop, with a bit of a first person shooter like Call of Duty added in. Noah is the main character and the story is told from his POV.
Style: I noticed the previous reviewer said that the story was told in present tense, but the chapters I read were all in past tense. I enjoyed the description and action. Great tension as well. So far the story is quite compelling.
Characters: It's still early to really get to know anyone. There hasn't been much time for any heart to hearts. With the action feel of the book, deep characterization may take come time to do. Action Movies don't tend to dwell too much on deep characterization at first, so I'm sure that the heart to hearts will come later.
Grammar: I didn't see too many issues. I left some suggestions.
You've done a great job here, and I'll put it on my to read list.