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About four weeks ago the world simply turned. One day: iPhones, Mickey Mouse, hamburgers. The next: magic and monsters. And humans became players — with levels, items, and classes. Pretty ironic considering how many times parents told their kids to quit gaming and experience real life. Then real life grabbed everyone by the throat, and it was the gamers who were prepared. A story about a guy, his best friend, a loyal golden retriever, a little girl, and her beloved cat — plus copious amounts of gore, legendary weapons, and a lich king who needed slaying.

Being a mage isn't all it's cracked up to be — especially when you've witnessed the end of the world and the demise of all you've ever loved. As a particle physicist, William Jenkins is as unsuited to survival on an alien world as any normal thirty-something post-doc could be. Thankfully, he's not alone: with an A.I., magic, scientific curiosity, and most improbably a deity on his side, Will must come to terms with his new reality before otherworldly terrors extinguish all hope. Meanwhile, Effni Naridia, Qaseri Ranger and Guardian of her people, must face her own demons — by undertaking a trial that could determine not only the fate of her city but unravel a mystery aeons in the making.

Being drafted into a demon army wasn't on Hayden's bucket list. But when his soul is shoved into a human soldier on the eve of a new invasion, there's no appealing the decision. Around him, demons are excited and ready — for them, the invasion of Berlis, a classic sword-and-sorcery realm, promises a feast of souls and new growth. Hayden's human status puts him at the bottom of the totem pole, cannon fodder meant to die first. But as he plunges into the carnage, he discovers he was born for the madness.

Earth was invaded, conquered, and humanity was subjugated — 400,000,000 people culled in a second, without any chance to fight back. The Peacekeepers claim to be benevolent: they don't want to rule Earth, they just want humanity to stop playing around with AI and genetics. Willing or unwilling, Morgan and the rest of humanity are now members of the Collective. And like every species in the Collective, they have to learn to play the Game. When an AI offers you the opportunity to play the greatest tower-defense game the universe has ever created, you accept — and figure out the rules for survival later. Morgan certainly thinks so. But when aliens are attacking your station and giant six-eyed rats are eating your robotic face, doubts start to creep in.

Ronan Steele was in a meeting when the apocalypse struck. Now he must defeat hordes of goblins to complete a system tutorial and make it back to an Earth that has been merged with three other planets — a world now overrun by mutated beasts and dangerous invaders. Ronan carries one advantage no one else has: when he dies, he wakes at the start of the tutorial again, keeping his skills and earning an XP boost each time. The further he goes, the more his heritage grows. Driven by a single goal — to bring down the system that forced this tragedy on his world — Ronan grinds through an endless apocalypse, life after life.

Mark Careed has dreamed of being a hero since he was eight years old — fighting monsters outside the city walls, going anywhere he wanted instead of only where it was safe, standing shoulder to shoulder with the real heroes against kaijus. Now almost 18, Mark is close to taking the real Tutorial and Awakening his Power. But his hopes collapse when the False Tutorial estimates his future Power as a brawny — simply a stronger human, the fate of 90% of humanity. Mark refuses to accept it. Determined to change his fate, he sets out to do something drastic: seek help from an archmage, a true Hero of Humanity. A story of exploration, slice of life, kaijus, magic, other worlds, trauma, and growth.

Paul has been having one of the worst days of his life — and then his instructor gets drafted by a mystical goddess to help save a world. Paul is not supposed to be there at all, but that changes nothing. He is now on a one-way trip, forced to help a man who despises him, at the mercy of the world's greatest trickster.

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World of the Changed swept across humanity like nothing before — a mobile game with flawless graphics, an intuitive interface, and a viral marketing campaign that had millions waiting for Hour X. Nobody understood the price the game would demand. Mark Derwin, a student, was just another eager fan. What he found when the release hit was a world transformed: humanity split between monsters hungry to kill and players scrambling to survive, with a game owner who will not tolerate anyone advancing too far.

Jack Bowman is out of luck and out of money — until he agrees to be cryogenically frozen for a major scientific research company. When his pod splits open two thousand years later, he finds a wasteland world of warring tribes, mutated animals, monsters, and ogres. The freezing process was only half the experiment. Something swimming in his bloodstream is turning Jack into something more than human, and he'll need every advantage he can get to survive.

As an engineer on the arkship Pilgrim-9, bound for the Tau Ceti solar system, Morgan Hall expected a quiet 240-year stasis. Instead, he's roused early to chaos and brought down to a dangerous planet where magic is as real as science. Forced to fight for survival without their technology, Morgan and his shipmates must adapt quickly. They begin to carve out a new existence — until they discover the planet is already inhabited by a cunning, powerful, and lethal native species.

Wake up. Mine crystals. Don't die. That's the job, and Andy doesn't remember ever having a different one. The guards have guns. The other workers have agendas. The tunnels have monsters that shouldn't exist. On his first shift, surrounded by men who've already made their peace with the dark, he decides he won't be one of them. Then he finds the cavern — crystals bigger than anything on the work floor, whispering secrets the guards would kill to keep buried. It's a path to power, maybe a path out. But he'll have to hide it from everyone until he's strong enough to stop hiding. No one leaves the mine alive. Andy intends to be the first.

Jason and his friends just wanted to spend a week at the lake house to relax and catch up on old times. Then the System arrived. It only took a few hours for their world to become a real-life roleplaying game, trading downtime for the need to learn new skills and powers while defending their new home and surviving. They don't know the rules. They don't know what's coming next. What they do know: reinforce and expand their fort, keep leveling up, and explore a dangerous new world.

'A Rounding Error has Occurred. Please Choose Your Apocalypse as Compensation.' Alex Johnson — a home-based IT worker — is thrown into a brutal LitRPG apocalypse and handed the chance to design his own end-of-days. Like choosing wallpaper for his personal inferno. Enemies, skill tree, sidekicks — all semi-customizable. Of course, the universe is cruel and capricious. Hidden forces are at play, uninvited and unwelcome, seeking to control his fate. So Alex is going to be fighting uphill, against the odds — and probably some interdimensional middle managers — from the word "go."

Cassius Null joined the legions for food and silver — anything to escape the slums of Aurum. Now on the frontlines of a war no one was ready for, he must find the strength and courage to become more than just a soldier. In the madness of a world suddenly expanded, there is an opportunity to go beyond his soiled roots and become someone others look toward — if he has the will and skill to seize the chance.

It started as an average day. Jeremiah was minding his own business when Earth was forcefully assimilated into the Integrated Universe. All diseases were cured, the aging process was halted, and everyone gained access to near-unlimited power — with one problem: the planet is now filled with terrible monsters. When Jeremiah miraculously survives an encounter with a deadly creature, he becomes the first person on Earth to earn Elite status and is awarded his own personal trainer. Now the only things standing between him and ultimate power are a planet full of terrifying monsters and ambitious humans. It's a race to become King of the World.

Zed is a washed-up MMA fighter with little future ahead of him. While out with friends, he meets a woman with an unbelievable story: aliens are going to take over the solar system in two years. He dismisses her — until she shows him things that aren't possible, including healing his chronic injuries and revealing her true, non-human appearance. There's no stopping the takeover. Humanity will be transported to an already-populated planet and must find a way to survive. A few humans are to be sent ahead to prepare the way — the Forerunners.

Claire Pendleton has seen the thin spots between dimensions since she was five, when another reality merged into her family's apartment and killed her mother. Ten years later, those weak spots start opening during her sister's graduation — and the boundaries between realities collapse. Trapped in a global disaster, Claire finds a powerful system granting her skills and power-ups. A shadowy agency resisting the anomalous apocalypse takes interest in her. Now she must fight unknowable horrors, answer inexplicable inquiries, and reckon with globe-spanning organizations to discover the truth about the apocalypse, her family, and what she is becoming.

Talia, daughter of a wealthy conglomerate CEO, joins the droves of new human explorers combing through uncharted space to make her own mark on the universe. Her resilience is tested when her brand-new exploration corvette crashes onto an uncharted planet, Sigma 16. Equipped with a state-of-the-art exo-suit, a semi-operational colony bootstrap system, and a sometimes-annoying AI companion, Talia sees the crash as an opportunity. She sets out to build her base, explore the expansive dunes and jungles, and uncover the planet's resources and secrets. But Sigma 16 may not be as uninhabited as it first seems — and a potentially hostile alien species with equally advanced technology is watching.

Every self-respecting basement dweller knows what to do when fictional monsters become real and people gain the ability to level up: figure out an overpowered build, grind, snowball, and become ridiculously powerful. Focus on yourself. Survive, thrive, become a god. Dennis has other priorities. Beating hopelessness with overwhelming fervour, he faces a system apocalypse with an unhinged yet charismatic determination — and an absolutely unbalanced power set that puts faster-than-light speed on the table. Things will get dark. But Dennis never stops pushing forward.