A collapsing simulation. Friends to save. A forced choice. One woman returns to fight for a future that may not exist.
Title: Simulation 1990
Author: R. Morello
Series: Simulation Series (Book 3)
Publisher: Cathedral Rocks Publishing
ISBN: 9798282762686
Format: Ebook and Paperback
Pages: 92
Word Count: 22,899
Genre: Science Fiction, Simulation Theory
Release Date: August 16, 2024
When Rosie goes silent while attempting to free simulants in a collapsing digital world, Ella, now uniquely skilled in code manipulation, must enter a decaying realm of self aware hostiles to save her friend before they both vanish into a lethal code singularity.
In Simulation 1990, twenty two year old Rosie enters a new, unstable simulation to liberate trapped simulants, but goes silent as the digital world begins to collapse. Ella, once trapped herself and uniquely able to manipulate simulations, is sent in after her. Inside, death only moves consciousness to another host until a final limit is reached, at which point minds are absorbed into a singularity. As Ella navigates a decaying realm where self aware NPCs hunt outsiders to hijack their bodies and escape, she must find Rosie and execute a daring escape before they both vanish into the code forever.
The sequel to Simulation 1989)
In the electrifying continuation of the Simulation Series, twenty two year old Rosie enters a volatile new simulation to free the trapped simulants inside. When she suddenly goes silent, tension in the real world rises and every hour suggests she may already be lost.
Ella, once liberated by Rosie and now able to manipulate code from within a simulation, becomes the only person capable of finding her. But this world obeys new rules. Death does not end a life. It moves consciousness into a new host. And once the final limit is reached, the mind is absorbed into a code singularity with no return.
As Ella descends deeper into this collapsing digital realm, she discovers a terrifying evolution. The NPCs have become self aware. They know outsiders are different. They know outsiders have bodies waiting in the real world. And now they are hunting them to seize those bodies for themselves.
Ella races against time, each death drawing her closer to permanent erasure as she searches for Rosie through fractured environments, hostile architectures, and shifting layers of corrupted code. Survival means outsmarting an entire world trying to consume her, finding Rosie before the singularity takes her, and escaping a simulation that is rapidly breaking apart.
Simulation 1990 is a high stakes journey through identity, technology, and the fragile line between the worlds we enter and the ones we hope to return to.
The Ultimate Digital Threat: Discusses the concept of the singularity and the permanent obliteration of consciousness within a digital environment.
Evolution of the NPC: Explores the terrifying possibility of non player characters achieving self awareness and fighting for their own existence.
Heroism and Redemption: Focuses on Ella stepping into a major hero role, using her past trauma and unique understanding of the simulation to rescue others.
The Decaying World: A talking point on the horror and chaos of a reality that is literally breaking down and how it affects the inhabitants.
Sequel Payoff: Discussing the arc of the main characters across the trilogy, from trapped victims to powerful manipulators of the system.
The thrilling climax of the Simulation Series, resolving the fate of the characters and the simulation itself.
Introduces a chilling new threat: self aware NPCs desperate to escape their programming by stealing real consciousness.
Features high stakes action where death is not merely a reset but a permanent deletion into a code singularity.
A compelling narrative centered on a rescue mission within a highly hostile and unstable virtual environment.
R. Morello writes psychological and surreal science fiction that explores grief, identity, memory, and the hidden emotional worlds people carry inside them. Shaped by New England roots, his work blends speculative concepts with deeply human storytelling.
R. Morello is a speculative fiction author whose work blends psychological tension, cinematic surrealism, and deeply human emotional arcs. His novels and novellas, including Upside Down, Fractured Echoes, and the Simulation trilogy, explore grief, identity, and the unseen internal worlds we rarely reveal.
His stories often feature “dual selves,” mirrored identities, looping realities, and emotional architectures made literal.
He writes for readers who want more than escapism stories that feel uncomfortably true, beautifully painful, and haunting long after the final page.
ISBN: 979-8282762686
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R. Morello
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