{"id":1,"date":"2024-05-14T15:34:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:35:19","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Head Trip &#8211; My First Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/headtrip2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fueled by greed and plagued with the memories of a troubled past, corrupted youth counselor Wes Dunley is approached by two scientists with a very bold and unique offer\u2014enough money to last a lifetime in exchange for drugging local teens to use in ever more horrific virtual simulations. The scientists&#8217; clients have disturbed tastes in entertainment, and the simulated reality of tortured teens comes with unexpected consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the kidnappings grow more elaborate and the drugs used to knock out the teens become less effective, Wes finds himself on the wrong end of a police investigation, one which threatens to send his delicate house of cards tumbling in ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Head-Trip-Science-Fiction-Thriller\/dp\/1508753709\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bVOqAhB1QsDftJRfqOGPU7CA84tRsgTWoq4eFRvBhn_v1nPzub90PQt7yzc5mz0_tWj7L2B83Ohj7IPQ42s6v025Y5Ymvvs1Py1J_wEK6nYPcC3QafmGdWs0LPytV0mUsoAUCPfAaR_lMbofqdjbahxuurRHT8cwc22oiLI7dH17zUZNO7ZjQ82Z6DH_2PUCCTtCr8PW2hwq8rl6B1KurQ.ub0HRyyMegFIaSIP2dMV2SAXz02XlpM6ZG1SWgYoQyk&amp;qid=1742221864&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy The Paperback.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Head-Trip-Preston-Orrick-ebook\/dp\/B00VQFSUGO\/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2ZI77CH9HJB3S&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yLjQts0Us5nISR_YbTDlJBCZ7-6gieOHKyxhNtzYiCoidpIXc6FwjBOiEjAE5UxJ-b0LTEYH-mRCXsfJ8x2fltzDZyHYv3cOlKir7uzSeAtihxcBimVCWmtsNns1mS7zAZLQzEXqK1Ch-KxlEYenpI-JZTxDmq2YigEjQvFp0qY.9gqV8ltncq-19UmtugqLdbueFCWGFl3XgtUfgc9rwNs&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=head+trip+preston&amp;qid=1715788939&amp;sprefix=head+trip+presto%2Caps%2C108&amp;sr=8-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy The Kindle Version. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fueled by greed and plagued with the memories of a troubled past, corrupted youth counselor Wes Dunley is approached by two scientists with a very bold and unique offer\u2014enough money to last a lifetime in exchange for drugging local teens to use in ever more horrific virtual simulations. The scientists&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/?p=1\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Head Trip &#8211; My First Novel<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonorrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}