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TRUMP CARD Reality wasn't what it used to be. Life after life, as man, woman, and child, Cory Maddox was trapped in an endless cycle of ever-changing realities, on the run from his ruthless companions *who were likewise trapped *and from the shadowy figures that seemed to exist outside the matrix. The matrix that was becoming increasingly unstable. Each new Alice-in-Wonderland world proved increasingly bizarre, and Cory wanted nothing more than to find the way home. Fragments of knowledge * show more a mysterious UFO crash, alien technology, glimpses of a computer that was controlling his fate *all pointed toward Matthew Brand, the virtual reality genius. But Brand had vanished long ago, into, or perhaps beyond, the borders of reality. To break the cycle of cyber-reincarnation, Cory had to unlock the rules of the game. The deck was stacked against him, but Brand was his ace-in-the-hole. Somehow, somewhere, Cory had to find Brand *before the actions of his enemies destroyed reality altogether . . . show lessTags
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from 1997-'good finish to the series' but noted a familiar trick ending a la Well of Souls.
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Jack L. Chalker was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 17, 1944. He received a B. A. degree in English from Towson University and a graduate degree in English and history from Johns Hopkins University. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1978, he taught history and geography in the Baltimore public school system. He founded a publishing show more house, The Mirage Press, Ltd., which produces nonfiction and bibliographic works on science fiction and fantasy. He was the author of several science fiction series including the Well World series, the Dancing Gods series, and the G. O. D. Inc. series. He received numerous honors including the Dedalus Award in 1983, the Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books award in 1984, the Skylark Award in 1980, and the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award in 1979. He died of kidney failure and sepsis on February 11, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Hot-Wired Dodo
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- 1997
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