Hi everyone,
I’ve spent the last few weeks rebuilding the website for The GAMER Program, and it’s finally ready.
If you’re new to the series, the idea behind it started with a question I’ve had in my head for years: What if all the time we spend playing video games isn’t really wasted time? What if some of the things we learn while playing could actually become useful in the real world?
The GAMER Program takes that idea to its most extreme conclusion.
When creatures known as Sheitans begin appearing around the world, humanity discovers that conventional soldiers aren’t always the best people to fight them. A military experiment begins recruiting gamers—not because they’re stronger or braver than everyone else, but because they’ve spent years learning how to react quickly, recognize patterns, work in teams, adapt to unfamiliar situations and keep trying after failing over and over again.
Of course, doing those things with a controller in your hands is very different from doing them when something is actually trying to kill you.
That’s where the story begins.
A new website for the series
I’ve rebuilt the official site to make it more than just a page about the books.
You can now meet the gamers themselves, learn about the different types of Sheitans they encounter, and explore the three novels that make up the complete story.
If you’ve already read some of the books, you may recognize quite a few things. If you haven’t, it’s probably the easiest way to find out what this strange combination of gaming, science fiction, horror and military action is all about.
You can also read the first book for free
I don’t want to ask someone who has never heard of The GAMER Program to buy three novels just to find out whether they’ll like them.
So I’m making Age of Sheitans, the first book in the series, available for free.
Read it. Keep it. And if it isn’t for you, that’s fine too.
But if the idea of ordinary gamers discovering that the skills everyone told them were useless might actually matter sounds interesting, give it a try.
And there’s something else coming
2026 marks ten years since The GAMER Program began.
That’s still a little difficult for me to believe.
To mark the anniversary, I’m preparing The GAMER Program: Definitive Edition, bringing the entire trilogy together in one edition for the first time.
Age of Sheitans.
Firestorm.
Hell on Earth.
One story, from the beginning of the GAMER Program to the final battle.
It will arrive in December 2026, and I’ll share more about it as we get closer.
For now, I’d really like you to visit the new site. Take a look around, meet the characters, see what the Sheitans have become, and let me know what you think.
And if you’ve never entered this world before, the first book is waiting for you.
Thanks for reading.
J. H. Decanini
Author of The GAMER Program
