Thriller 18+

The Gamble

by Steven

Survive 24 hours. Win a fortune.

Ethan Cole fixes washing machines, owes seventy thousand dollars, and has a custody hearing on Monday. When he goes to a friend to borrow money, the friend can't give him any. He gives him a phone number instead.

The offer is simple. Stay alive for twenty-four hours in a closed-off part of the city, and be paid five million dollars. He gets a phone that must be switched on every two hours, a map, and a pair of boots. Nobody tells him who is looking for him.

By midnight, he knows. And the rules keep changing.

A story about how far a man will go to survive, and what it costs to win.

Contains violence and disturbing scenes. 18+.

14 sections · about 64,000 words · about 5 hours to read