Author's note: 

The following is the first 21 chapters of THE IRON VEIL (approximately 50K words). To purchase the complete novel, please visit: https://amzn.to/2IVwHJZ

To get a free OmniWorld short story (which you should only read after completing The Iron Veil to avoid spoilers), please visit: http://www.randynargi.com/the-iron-veil/

It’s not a game. It’s a nightmare.

25 year-old Justin Boone has been waiting his entire life for an adventure like this. 

Breakthrough technology developed at a government sleep study program allows participants to interact with each other in the OmniWorld, a shared dream state that resembles an online role-playing game.

2.3 million people applied to participate in the first public test. 5000 were chosen. And Justin is one of them.

But he soon finds that he’s not one of the lucky ones. Not by a long shot.