Bram Stoker Award Nominated Author, Musician, Artist, and Voice Actor

Rod's Latest Release!

indGame: NPCs

Packard Campbell has been upgraded. The problem is, so has the world around him.
The very science that once returned our hero to the land of the living is busy rewriting reality to match Packard’s in-game memories.
When a few of Packard’s NPC friends show up in the real world, it seems like they’re all in for a good time. But the fun and games will be short-lived, as the Quantum Nanops responsible for the appearances have no intention of stopping with mere NPCs.

Reader Reviews

Rod R Garcia's masterful ability to weave detailed imagery, charismatic character development, humor, and matters of the human spirit while raising questions and possibilities about the new frontiers of science and technology, make indGame a remarkable read!

~Patricia Muxie~

In the spirit of Tron and Wargames, Packard Campbell wants to play a game. Little does he know that now, the games are real… and deadly!

~Michael Foster~

I'm a picky reader, and I have ADHD, so it's hard to find a story that keeps me interested. Every time I picked up indGame, though, I was sitting there wondering, what happens next!? I can't wait to read the next book!

~Patrick Matthews~

Previous Releases

indGame

Packard Campbell has made a life out of gaming. He’s logged thousands of hours in Neural Reality simulators, playing the most in-depth, mind-bending games available.When an accident forces an unconventional fusion between the NR and some cutting edge, experimental tech, Packard’s understanding of reality changes forever.Now, Packard and the people he cares about most, will have to take a stand against an enemy intent upon redefining the very nature of existence.To win, they must find a way to stop an entity that operates on the fringe of the rules of science and nature.Packard’s in-game experience might just be what they need to tip the scales in their favor.

The BloodlineBirth of the Vampir

Evil has an Origin

‘The Bloodline: Birth of the Vampir’ chronicles the fall of a Transylvanian Lord and his people at the hands of a ruthless Archdeacon in search of the Holy Grail.Cursed and exiled from their land, the former citizens of Erdely soon find themselves in the grips of a transformation, becoming something the world has never seen before… the first vampires.

If your ship has not yet come in, build a lighthouse.

~Rod R Garcia

COMING SOON!

indGame: Open World

When tragedy strikes, Packard Campbell must say goodbye to some of his friends and family, and venture into new and deadly territory.The Quantum Nanops are evolving again, and with each evolution comes a heightened level of danger that will test Packard and his friends’ strength and resolve.From the mean streets of 1985 Miami, to the untamed jungles of South America, to the cold, dark depths of space, Team Packard will have to level up and risk everything.The stakes have never been higher, and failure could mean game over for reality as we know it.

MORE TO COME!

The indGame series was originally conceived as a trilogy, but upon completing the first book, I realized that Packard and I had more stories to tell than would fit in three volumes!

In addition to continuing the series, I’d love to one day expand upon some of the additional fictional video game worlds that have invaded Packard’s life. The characters and situations are just too much fun to not want to revisit!

Finally, in the grand scheme of things, indGame is just a small puzzle piece in the literary multiverse that I have planned for the next 20 – 30 years.

~Rod R Garcia

About Rod

Author, Musician, Voice Actor, and Screenwriter

He comes to you with a humble heart and a head full of stories. He is a story-teller, plain and simple. He’s found he adapts well to many tasks and can learn almost anything, but writing has always made him the happiest. Truth be told, being a dad tops the list by a long-shot, but fatherhood doesn’t come with a paycheck. Quite the opposite. He chose his second favorite thing in the world as a career. Imagine his surprise when he learned it doesn’t pay much more than parenting…

Where does Rod get his ideas? Good question! A higher power? The Ether? The channeling of a parallel universe? Simple observation? He’s not always certain, but his high school creative writing teacher, Sid Waller, started each class session with two words, “What If?”. He finds that even today, those two words are as good a starting point as they were to an impressionable seventeen-year-old kid back in 1986.

Rod is currently hard at work on the third volume in the hugely popular indGame saga. After that, he’ll be wrapping up a horror/sci-chological thriller entitled Iteration, a hero-fiction trilogy called GIFTED, and an apocalyptic trilogy entitled Regress.

More than eighty-five additional works are waiting in the wings, all existing in his laptop at some varying stage of completion and within the great halls of his imagination as a comprehensive anthology of completed works.

Even a 'silver lining' needs a little polish sometimes.

~Rod R Garcia

Though Rod was born and raised in San Jose, California, he ultimately grew up when he cut the proverbial apron strings at the age of eighteen, and moved south, to cut his teeth in his personal ‘Mecca’ – Hollywood.

Originally, Rod aspired to be an actor. After months upon months of fruitless auditions, Rod moved onto a new phase of his career. ‘Plan B’ turned out to be more fulfilling than he could have ever imagined.

Rod eventually found work at a small, yet highly successful literary agency in Beverly Hills. Over the next several months, he worked as a proof-reader, editor, and copywriter. In time, he even took on some agent’s duties. Within the walls of a converted aviary in the heart of Beverly Hills, Rod met his life’s calling face to face.

Over the years, Rod held a variety of jobs which he feels prepared him for his chosen career path: private investigator, personal chef, waiter, bank auditor, parking officer, hotel manager, college counselor, sales, customer service and taxi driver just to name a few. He has a unique set of insights into the world in which we live. Rod is happily married to the love of his life, and is the proud father of two amazing children, Jakob and Jordan, whom he loves more than life itself.