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Doug Engstrom imagines a future all too terrifying-and all too possible-in this eerie, dystopic speculative fiction debut about corporate greed, debt slavery, and gun violence that is as intense and dark as Stephen King's The Long Walk.

Like many Americans in the middle of the 21st century, aspiring actress Kira…

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Corporate Gunslinger’s speculative, dystopian world creates a horrifying yet believable future of corporate greed, debt slavery, and glorified gun violence that is as addictive as it is dark. Saddled by student and generational family debt, artist Kira has few options to escape a life of grinding wage slavery. The only path she sees out of her predicament is to become a Corporate Gunslinger.

If she can survive a prescribed number of televised duels, which function as appeals of life and health insurance denials for her insurance company employer, Kira’s debt will be erased. She cultivates an aura of invincibility as…

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