title: The Danger Game
author: Bull, Ian
description: The Danger Game is a Distinguished Favorite in the 2021 Independent Press Awards.Fans of teeth-gnashing action will enjoy The Danger Game, a perfectly plotted and twisty tale that has strong and resonant themes and one that contemporary readers will adore. The intersection between the virtual world and reality is written with an unusual flourish. Ian Bull's novel is imaginative and it brims with surprising twists, a real tour de force for readers who enjoy stories that depict the world they are in contact with. Each emotional burst, each nerve-jerking twist, and every action is delivered with breathtaking poignancy. This thrilling reality-meets-fantasy adventure moves briskly, with tense and evocative scenes. It is a nuanced tale with sophisticated characters and sub-worlds that are as fascinating and as real as the one that excites the imagination of readers. Throughout, Bull mesmerizes with his beautiful prose, keeping readers captivated by the vivid descriptions and the exciting dialogues, and creating characters that are lovable. -The Book Commentary Around the globe, everyone's playing The Danger Game, the most popular storytelling app ever created. World-famous actor Julia Travers and her fiancé, Stephen Quintana, are the stars of the entertainment sensation, playing fictional versions of themselves trapped in a hostage situation. Viewers pay to submit plotlines, hoping their ideas will be chosen for episodes where Steven and Julia must perform or die.With 100 million downloads and counting, fans are going crazy for this interactive series. They can't wait to see Julia in her most exciting role to date. But it isn't a fabrication. Steven and Julia really have been kidnapped, and their lives are on the line-again. Their captors plan to kill them in the final episode and disappear with a billion dollars in profit.Back in Los Angeles, friends Carl Webb and Trishelle Hobbes know the truth. But how can they outsmart this app, when they don't even know where Steven and Julia are? They enlist the help of the U.S. Army's best cyber operation specialists and create their own rival app, The Rescue Game, dedicated to spoiling The Danger Game and discovering Julia and Steven's location in time to save their lives. The race is on.Steven Quintana and Julia Travers are familiar with danger. In The Picture Kills,  Julia was kidnapped and taken to a remote Bahamian cay where she was forced to risk her life for a movie, until Steven risked his to rescue her. In Six Passengers, Five Parachutes, Steven was trapped in a reality TV show set on a crashing plane, and Julia fought to rescue him. The tabloids insist these misadventures were publicity stunts. And, now, Julia and Steven are trapped in The Danger Game and making a fortune for their captors while fighting for their lives.The Danger Game is author Ian Bull's final installment in The Quintana Adventures trilogy, published by Story Merchant Books, about Army Ranger photographer Steven Quintana and actor Julia Travers. Bull has also written Liars in Love and Facing Reality,  along with several books of nonfiction under his full name, Donald Ian Bull. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.