The Game Series by John A. Burks Jr.

Steven Alexander has what he considers the perfect life. With a good job, a loving wife, and happy and healthy sons, he has little to complain about. In a flash that life is ripped away and he is thrust into a world of violence and slavery beginning with a brutal home invasion. His sons are murdered in front of him and he and his wife Rebecca are then kidnapped, drugged, and taken to an uncharted tropical island where they awake on a pristine beach in the company of five strangers... moreSteven Alexander has what he considers the perfect life. With a good job, a loving wife, and happy and healthy sons, he has little to complain about. In a flash that life is ripped away and he is thrust into a world of violence and slavery beginning with a brutal home invasion. His sons are murdered in front of him and he and his wife Rebecca are then kidnapped, drugged, and taken to an uncharted tropical island where they awake on a pristine beach in the company of five strangers. The island is a playground of horror and the kidnapped are forced to participate in the Game, a modern-day rendition of the Coliseum of ancient Rome, where they must compete in acts of murder, rape, and self-mutilation for the amusement of an unseen wealthy elite. Contestants must survive the Game five times to earn their freedom from the island. Losers become the evening meal. Steven struggles to survive in a world where violence is not only accepted but cheered. He fights to hold on to his wife in a community where cannibalism is survival, brutality is affection, and living another day is at the expense of his own soul. Survival comes with a price, however, and he soon learns that not all of the players are there unwillingly and they’ve paid a steep price for the opportunity. less

Mia Alexander was born into a life of slavery, a daughter of the Cave home to the Game, one of the most brutal sporting events conceived. The Game is a playground of horror and the people of the Cave, both those born there, those kidnapped and taken there, and those who volunteer for the debauchery, participate in a modern-day rendition of the coliseum of ancient Rome. They must compete in acts of murder, rape, and self-mutilation for the amusement of an unseen, wealthy elite... moreMia Alexander was born into a life of slavery, a daughter of the Cave home to the Game, one of the most brutal sporting events conceived. The Game is a playground of horror and the people of the Cave, both those born there, those kidnapped and taken there, and those who volunteer for the debauchery, participate in a modern-day rendition of the coliseum of ancient Rome. They must compete in acts of murder, rape, and self-mutilation for the amusement of an unseen, wealthy elite. Contestants must survive the Game five times to earn not just their freedom from the Game, but a promised life of luxury. Losers become the evening meal. Mia struggles to stay a child in a world where violence is not only accepted but cheered, where cannibalism is survival, brutality is affection, and living another day is at the expense of his own soul. She envisions nothing for her life except attempting the Game, never knowing there is anything else but the Cave. When she’s abruptly taken from the Game, taken from her mother and everything she knows, she is introduced to a world where, for the briefest of movements, she tastes true freedom. But the freedom is short-lived and she’s soon thrust into the world of the Court, the secret society that has run the Game for the last five hundred years. Mia is adopted by the Queen of the Game and groomed to takeover Mia, however, is a child of the Cave. The Game pulses in her blood. When she runs afoul of her adoptive mother she is thrust back into the world of the Game. This time, however, she is not a child who will be rescued. This time she must survive the Game on her own or perish to its evils. And this time there is more than just the Game working against her. less