I love theme parks. Four years ago I took my grown daughters to Disney World. I’d talked about such a trip for years, but we finally managed to find a time when both of them could take off work, bid their spouses adieu for a few days and jet off to Florida with old dad.
A trip of a lifetime for me and the best part, of course, was just spending time with the two of them. In 
addition, we were treated to all the distracting attractions the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood can throw at you. We plummeted in an out-of-control elevator, rocketed into space and strolled along a peaceful lake while munching food from different countries.
Although I grew up in Southern California, I live out of state and had not visited Disney’s Anaheim park in more than 20 years, so the Florida adventure was all the more exciting. As my girls and I enjoyed each park, we saw construction, evidence that engineers were working to expand ways to tickle your fancy or even subvert your senses.
Over the past two generations, people have grown up watching movies and TV shows featuring increasingly sophisticated special effects. CGI, for computer generated imagery, is a part of our twenty-first century vocabulary. Theme park rides had to follow suit, and in fact, the latest additions to Disney World are Star Wars extravaganzas.
So I thought that Nostalgia City theme park, the setting for my mystery series, needed a technological boost. More special effects, more imaginative rides for guests.
Tom Wyrick, a computer genius in Nostalgia City’s Park Attractions Development Department, created just what the park—and my new book, Dark Ride Deception—needed. His Perception Deception Effect (PDE) surpasses anything at any theme park.
Just how mind-bending is his invention? Here’s how a Nostalgia City engineer describes it in the book: “Unless someone invents a transporter room or time machine, once it’s finished, PDE could be the vanguard for more than a decade…it’s a technological game-changer.”
Unfortunately, before Wyrick’s plans could be finished, he disappears, along with his secrets. Is he dead? On the run? Trying to sell his creation to the highest bidder?
Dark Ride Deception is now available for pre-order at the places linked below. The book will be released Sept. 30.
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