Echoes

A Military Science Fiction Adventure (The Ten Sigma Series Book 3)

By: A. W. Wang

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Mature readers only: intense combat, graphic violence, elements of horror, some sex, adult language.

In the flickering light of the makeshift hospital room, Nick stares at his wife Mary, who is losing a long, expensive battle against a mysterious illness.

Besides the frailty of her form, he knows something is wrong but can’t put his finger on what it is. Instead of confronting her, he heads home to plan their next trip for a cure.

The next morning, he receives word of her death. Distraught and disbelieving, he rushes back to the care center, only to discover the terrible news is true.

As he cleans out her room, he finds a gray card with the glowing text “30578A.” It’s the device she’s been trying to hide from him during the past year.

Even though all rational thought says to let her go, Nick can’t push aside his suspicions about her death.

He doggedly pursues the origins of the device which leads him into the clandestine world of a top-secret military program. When he confronts a government official, he discovers Mary isn’t truly gone. Her consciousness has been downloaded from her dying flesh and placed into a virtual universe to create super-soldiers.

While the odds are small, the promise is that if she completes all the requirements, she can return in a new healthy body.

Given that she can't even kill a spider, Nick knows Mary needs help and, in his rush to be with her, does the unthinkable.

He volunteers for the Ten Sigma Program.

After the government representatives download him, he’s stuffed with martial knowledge, while his memories, including those of his wife, are slowly erased.

Then he discovers the true nature of what ten sigma means.

Designed to create the greatest warriors the world has ever seen through violent evolution, the journey back to the real world is winning an endless series of life-and-death scenarios.

Soon, Nick is struggling for his very survival, battling his own demons, and fighting to remember the very reason he entered the program.