Set in the near future, A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive video game project that goes very wrong. As the software they developed starts to produce unexpected and disturbing results, the project is shut down and left abandoned and undiscovered. Until now.

Adapted from the chart-topping A BETTER PARADISE audio fiction series, the novel will go deeper into the origins and secrets of the mysterious Tyburn Utopias video game project - as told by the tortured souls now on the run from the AI entity they played a part in creating and unleashing.

“At its heart, this is a mythological story about video game development. I have always felt this is fascinating source material for narrative fiction and am finally getting the opportunity to explore it with A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath.” – Dan Houser

A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath is coming October 14 and is available to preorder now.

Adapted from the chart-topping audio fiction series, the novel will go deeper into the origins and secrets of the mysterious Tyburn Utopias video game project - as told by the tortured souls now on the run from the AI entity they played a part in creating and unleashing.

Coming this fall from Absurd Ventures in partnership with Simon & Schuster distribution.

www.absurdventures.com/abetterparadise

Thank you to the Signal Awards for honoring A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath with the Best Episode of Scripted Audio Fiction award in 2024 for the season finale episode “I Want Love, Not Dominion”.

Big thank you’s as well to our partner QCODE and the amazing cast featuring Andrew Lincoln, Paterson Joseph, Shamier Anderson and Rain Spencer.

Stay tuned for details on season 2 of A BETTER PARADISE coming next year

https://www.signalaward.com/winners/details/#absurd-ventures/a-better-paradise-volume-one-an-aftermath/0/537573

Watch the Behind the Scenes series featuring interviews with the cast of A BETTER PARADISE including Andrew Lincoln (Dr. Mark Tyburn), Paterson Joseph (NigelDave), Shamier Anderson (Kurt Fischer) and Rain Spencer (Daisy Tyburn).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz1L3rCzBHgRYZ8FPFVsGdEFn_1w9bEKX

Episode 12 • "I WANT LOVE, NOT DOMINION"

Listen to the season finale of A BETTER PARADISE on Apple, Spotify and more:

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E12 • “I Want Love, Not Dominion”
Daisy tells of the raid on Tyburn Utopias that entailed its final hours…. and unseen forces arrange a very strange reunion in Portland.

Listen to the penultimate episode of A BETTER PARADISE Vol 1
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E11 • “A Show of Petulance”
Kurt grows concerned over a sudden persistently recurring thought; Daisy takes on a new incognito persona in Portland; and Yaroslav is given dire orders…

Listen to the latest episode of A BETTER PARADISE on Apple, Spotify and more: https://lnk.to/abetterparadise

E10 • “Watching Me and Watching Them”
Kurt remembers the build becoming much stronger than anyone could have imagined; Tensions rise at Tyburn Utopias as Mark becomes increasingly unhinged, surrounded by his new yes men; The team is unnerved as animator Bryce seems to be getting a bit too engaged with the game world…

Listen to the latest episode of A BETTER PARADISE on Apple, Spotify and more:

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E9 • “God Killed the Dinosaurs, but This Is Different”
NigelDave reckons with the history of his own creation – an accident that they tried to kill off; John Tyburn-Smith believes he’s not the only one tracking Daisy, as she considers a proposal to flee to Portland…

Listen to the latest episode of A BETTER PARADISE on Apple, Spotify and more: https://lnk.to/abetterparadise

E8 • “Love Is Not Real. I Will Try to Make It Exist.”
The project faces serious new legal opposition while in full-scale development in Montana; Kurt and Daisy form a bond, and are being unknowingly pursued by NigelDave…

Episode 7 of A BETTER PARADISE is out now • “Sad Because I Loved Idiots”

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New, disruptive hires at the company help reignite Mark Tyburn’s drive; NigelDave finds humans so easy to ensnare, and warns of new threats afoot; Yaroslav is given strange instructions from a new prison guard…