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Struggling actress Cara O'Sullivan is walking down the streets of Galway one moment, and the next she's in an ancient tomb in a faraway world. Alone in the dark, with her cellphone as her last tenuous connection to home, Cara sings her favorite song — and to her astonishment, the song casts a spell of light, and from the depths, something hears her. Challenged by a ghostly knight, a tragic necromancer, and hordes of undead, can a young woman who doesn't believe in heroes become one herself?

Born into a world that had forgotten violence, Elor watched his home fall to an enemy called the God of Death — an undead army that swept city after city until only a last stronghold remained. Orphaned by war and raised to be a healer, he became a soldier instead, eventually commanding the final battalion of his world. He killed the Undead King — and then died before he could learn the full truth. But that wasn't the end. He woke in a new world, in a new body, with a chance to start again. Elor, last defender of his world, will hunt the God of Death for his revenge.

Damien thought his exams would be bad enough. Then his mother collapsed with a failing heart. In a desperate move, he throws himself into the Streamer Contest of Saga Online, the latest fantasy VR-MMORPG — winning would provide the funds for her surgery. But early betrayal and a close run-in with a vampire nearly ruin his attempt before it begins. Stuck at the bottom of a dungeon with no gear and no allies, Damien must embrace the undiscovered Occultist class, master control of his new demonic minions, and take the contest by storm. His plan: topple the most famous player in Saga Online.

Getting isekai'd into a gameworld full of waifus was supposed to be the dream. Unfortunately, the mysterious black-robed figure who did the summoning grabbed the wrong guy, and now the protagonist faces waves of monsters intent on terrible things. The game turns out to be a gacha, which means desperately earning money to pull summons, building fortifications, furnishing a tower, and gearing up — all while grappling with the existential horror of gacha economics. The necromancers who built this game are going to pay. A base-building, summoner-focused isekai with no harem, featuring tower defense mechanics and dark humor.

Bernt might have graduated from the Mage Academy, but not everyone has the money or connections to launch a prestigious career as a mage. A few years later, Bernt finds himself working for City Maintenance as an Underkeeper among the other rejects of Halfbridge's magery. But hey, it's a stable job. With the help of his unlicensed, unregistered soul-devouring demonic familiar, he'll save enough to launch his career as an adventurer — just as soon as he can afford some proper gear. If only there were a faster way. Adventure, it turns out, has a habit of finding him first.

When budget cuts threaten his mortgage, high school teacher JT dives into the VR MMO Argos Online — playing as a Kobold Necromancer with a character build no one anticipated. He has all of Spring Break to grind the system for everything it's worth before he runs out of money and options.

Ryan doesn't remember much about his life before becoming a dungeon core — only that he had a bit of a disagreement with the church, something to do with a beheading. Now reborn, Ryan begins to arm his darkness dungeon with devious traps, bestial zombies, and ill-named skeletal creations, without doing anything too evil. Well, mostly. But being a darkness dungeon isn't all loot and bone puns. With a necromancer on the rise and the Adventurer's Guild watching his every move, he must prove that not all darkness dungeons are malevolent — even if they do have a few skeletons in their caverns.

In just seven days, the world will crumble. The System's Descent will usher in wild animal mutations, monstrous creatures, and the end of modern technology — leaving humanity defenseless. Drew Wright knows none of this until he's ripped from his bed and thrust into a white room for a "Tutorial," one of a thousand people randomly selected to be forewarned of the approaching apocalypse. With monsters knocking at the door, Drew scrambles to prepare supplies, fortify his home, and convince his family of the coming devastation. The dead rise to combat the encroaching darkness as Drew taps into the only power that might save those closest to him — becoming Earth's first Necromancer.

Gauss, the God of Death, led a quiet existence ruling the underworld — until a vengeful goddess and her angels destroyed everything he'd built and nearly killed him. Now he's back, but his only candidate for a new body is a sick child on the verge of death. Returning to a world that has changed dramatically in his absence, Gauss must rebuild his power, manage his undead workforce, and deal with an endless stream of problems — while maintaining the careful fiction that he's one of the good guys.

An unstoppable curse. A dead man displaced from his time. How do you survive the zombie apocalypse when you started it? Digby Graves, a deceased medieval peasant with delusions of grandeur, is trying to figure out how the hell he ended up in Seattle eight hundred years after his death — with necrotic magic coursing through his zombified body and only fragmented memories of how he died. Now the curse he unleashed is loose in the world, and Digby has a target on his back. He needs to survive long enough to put the pieces back together, learn what it means to lead the horde, and master his power over the dead. The end of the world is gonna get weird.

He saved humanity. The same humanity that had betrayed him. Then he was an outcast again. Now, years later, he doesn't expect gratitude and doesn't offer forgiveness — he just doesn't need anyone anymore. Memory is his voice, rage is his fuel, and an army of steel is his weapon. Reborn into a new world and a new body, the Drone Lord decides his own fate — not gods, not people, not anybody except himself.

The System integrated Earth into a multiverse of gods, monsters, and dungeons. Half of humanity answered the call. Some return stronger. Others never return. Thirteen years ago, Luke's mother entered the Tutorial and vanished. Now Luke faces the same trial — not for glory, but for answers. What should be a beginner's test becomes a death sentence when he falls into a forgotten dungeon floor where monsters are scarce, supplies are limited, and the only way out is a temple hanging over an abyss, guarded by a sleeping demon. Every puzzle kills. Every step risks his life. No buffs, no tricks — just a knife and the raw will to survive. When the light fades and the body breaks, Luke has only one choice: embrace the darkness and be reborn.

Four hundred years after demon hordes were unleashed on the world of Elaria, humanity survives in a single valley — the Valley of Auld, its last bastion. Elian is markless, unable to activate skills, one of the poorest workers in the salt mines outside the city walls. The wagon that carries the miners is locked not to keep them in, but to keep the demons out. When the wagon is attacked and every marked guard is slain, Elian discovers he is not markless at all — he is full-marked, with access to all four classes: Infuser, Invoker, Necromancer, and Summoner. Summoners brought the demon hordes in the first place, and their bloodline has been purged. If anyone learns what Elian truly is, he will be killed on sight the moment he reaches the city.

A necromancer prince lies down in his crypt to rest for a few decades and wakes to find that centuries have passed. His castle is in ruins, his clan is gone, and necromancers are dismissed as children's fairy tales. The world mistakes him for a healer. That suits him fine — the world is sick, and he intends to administer strong medicine.

Living a life of grinding poverty in the General Laborer class, Alice's only hope was that the System would someday notice her hard work. That day arrives when she discovers a one-time chance to change from the lowest to the highest of classes. Now she is a rare minion-master in charge of an ever-growing horde of dragons — dragons that will not stay small and cute forever. As each grows and multiplies, so does her power.

Palmira is a young fire mage living on the streets, just one more orphan left in the wake of the Demon Wars. After a decade of saving precious few coins, she finally affords her own wizard's staff — only to discover it once belonged to the most dangerous necromancer who ever lived.

When Earth is swallowed up and transmuted into a bestial landscape, it marks the first stage of induction into Elysium's multiverse. In an instant, the bloodthirsty creatures of Riven Thane's worst nightmares are unleashed. Riven is among a select few with a singular bloodline, and the Elysium system has its eye on him. Deadly trials, labyrinthine mazes, and mind-bending puzzles await — and surviving them is just the beginning. Riven is about to unlock the secrets of his past, embrace a vampiric nature he never imagined, and build an empire of the undead in a merged post-apocalyptic world.

Koyuki is a slave until an incident awakens her powers. With an affinity for death magic, she has the potential to become a powerful necromancer. In exchange for her freedom, she must attend the Royal Military Academy and serve in the army for ten years. Following her journey as she learns magic, makes new friends, and raises all kinds of undead creatures. A slice-of-life academy story with action, light-hearted tone, graphic violence, cute undead, explosions, and a romance subplot.

For Momo, an anti-social art major perpetually at risk of dropping out, college life wasn't a great fit. When she wakes up one morning in a dark cavern full of skeletons and necromancers, she knows a new era of her life is about to start — and dedicates herself to actually being successful in this one. Chosen for her meek and harmless personality, Momo is able to exist under the radar as she completes the Dawn's necromantic missions. Watch her gain confidence and class levels, reluctantly rising from meager apprentice to Queen of the Underworld.

On Karell, you are either blessed by the gods with a unique power and the ability to gain experience and levels — or you are forgotten. Micah Silver was chosen for greatness, but his mythic blessing only lets him travel into the past by sacrificing his class, wealth, and levels. It's a psychological burden he's reluctant to shoulder. But fate has a way of forcing you to face your destiny. Armed with talents for enchanting and summoning, Micah must retrace his steps over and over, growing stronger in a potentially futile effort to prevent tragedy and protect his family.