A lifelike escape.
Dream-state technology promises a simulation that feels as real as life itself.
A debut sci-fi novel
Reality
is a choice.
What happens when the world you can create becomes more tempting than the one you live in?
ENTER SIMULATION · BEN ANDRESS
SOME WORLDS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS.
TECHNOLOGY & AMBITIONTHE COST OF ESCAPEREALITY & SIMULATION
The world of Enter Simulation
A better world.
At what cost?
Jack wants to change the world. His dream-state simulation could make that possible. But the race to build a new reality threatens everything in his own.
Enter a story of ambition, blurred ethical lines, and the seductive promise of starting over.
Discover the novel →Meet the author
Technology.
Human consequences.
Ben Andress writes science fiction about technology, ambition, and the edge between reality and simulation.
About Ben →“What’s possible when the line between reality and imagination begins to fade?”
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Simulation.
Some worlds are better than others.
Jack is a workaholic with a single obsession: be the first to market with a truly realistic simulation experience.
Combining his visionary concept of dream-state simulations with the boundary-pushing technology at Simtion, he believes he can change the world—and beat their rival, Lucid Systems, to it.
But as the pressure mounts, personal relationships begin to fracture and the cost of staying ahead grows darker. When Jack loses control of his work, he must confront how far he’s willing to go, and what questionable business practices are too far.
In the end, will it be easier to leave it all behind and enter the simulation?
REALITY IS A CHOICE.
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First to market.
Simtion and Lucid Systems compete to own the future. Jack’s ambition keeps pushing him forward.
How far is too far?
As his life fractures, the world Jack helped create becomes an increasingly tempting escape.
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Ben Andress.
Exploring tomorrow.
Questioning what it means to be human.
BEN ANDRESS
AUTHOR · MINNESOTA
Books. Film.
Endless “what ifs.”
Ben Andress is a technology professional with a love of books, film, and the worlds they invite us into. He enjoys building imagined worlds and exploring alternate realities—especially the ones that make you question what you thought you knew.
Based in Minnesota, Ben brings more than a decade of experience in IT to his interest in technology and its human consequences. Enter Simulation is his debut novel and the first in a planned trilogy.
He’s drawn to wild conspiracy theories as creative inspiration, mind-bending concepts, and technologies that blur the line between the possible and the impossible. That curiosity fuels his fiction and a favorite question: “What if?”
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