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Elijah is dying. Afflicted with terminal cancer, he boards a plane to spend his remaining time with his sister in the Pacific Northwest. Along the way, Earth is transformed by the touch of the World Tree, injecting it with magical Ethera and connecting it to a larger universe via the System — and causing his plane to crash on a deserted island. Through the System, Elijah gains the Druid archetype, which may be enough to survive a hostile environment full of powerful monsters, starvation, and the elements. Meanwhile his sister Alyssa must survive the collapse of civilization while keeping her family safe.

Jakob was only seven when he was summoned to Helmsgarten's sewers by the Fleshcrafter calling himself Grandfather. For seven painful years, Jakob studied the depraved craft of his monstrous mentor, before being let loose on the populace of the metropolis. With the vague task of creating the ultimate being to rival Grandfather's greatest creation, he is left with nothing but the flesh-stitched robes on his body and the loyal wight Heskel. Together, the pair explore a civilisation utterly alien to them, raised as they were in the dark and damp of the city's underbelly. Along his journey, Jakob constructs monsters and constructs, dodges the noose of the guards, joins the Adventurers' Guild in his voracious hunt for knowledge, and parleys with Demon Lords and Great Ones. Many who believe him a weak child suffer eternally for their arrogance. And in the end, even Grandfather must face the realisation that his creation is greater than he could ever have imagined.

Aiden lives in Wonderwind, the world's biggest VRMMO. He dropped out of college, ditched real life, and invested everything into a career as a cold, calculated virtual assassin targeting the richest players in the top-500 leaderboard — every kill executed to perfection. Until his headset glitches mid-mission. One lag spike later, rent's due and his landlord is about to kick him to the curb. Aiden realizes his next job might be his last. He logs into a high-level area severely underleveled with trash gear, prepared for one final assassination — and then he didn't expect to fall for his target.

An incident in his childhood left Velik an outcast with a racial subtype that thrives at night and a unique class called [The Black Fang], which focuses on just one thing: killing monsters. For ten years he has been gaining levels and sharpening his skills on thousands of monsters infesting the wild frontier, keeping a lonely stretch of towns safe. This year has seen an explosion in the monster population beyond his ability to handle alone, drawing the interest of a professionally licensed monster hunter who seems more interested in investigating Velik than hunting. With a partner whether he wants one or not, Velik is free to finally explore the deep wood — where he believes the source of all monsters resides. Every answer leads to new questions, and not even Velik knows the truth of what happened on that fateful day.

Verdan Blacke is an Imperial Wizard — a researcher by preference but soldier by necessity. Surviving an intense battle, he is cursed by a hex witch in her final moments. Without any good options, Verdan escapes the ever-increasing pain by performing a self-made stasis ritual. When the spell fades, he awakens to find a world completely different from the one he left behind. Dark things work in daylight with impunity, once-common knowledge is a mystery, and even the nature of human magic has changed. One wizard, a million problems, and the wrath of profound magic.

Percy was born with little hope of standing out — just another face in a world ruled by bloodlines and class, starting with the lowest Red core and mocked as a waste. When his bloodline awakens with the power to send clones across worlds, he seizes the chance to shatter those expectations. Exploring strange realms full of danger, Percy returns with divine techniques, obscure knowledge, and treasures stolen from advanced civilizations. But mastering alchemy, outmaneuvering scheming Great Houses, and surviving invading gods will test whether a so-called waste can truly reach the stars.

Francis Francis Francis the 3rd was one hell of a Marine. He died doing what he loved. After being vaporized in the line of duty, Francis is transported to a new world full of gods and magic. Too bad Hades is trying to kill him for declining a job offer and the System holds a grudge for what happened during character creation. At least his new patron deity seems nice. Armed with nothing but his lucky pink booty shorts, a pair of matching flip flops, and nineteen years of Marine Corps experience, Francis must find a way home to his fellow grunts — or be listed as KIA forever.

When a universe was born, seven primordial Concepts acquired an ego. Omniscient and omnipotent, they have since plundered other universes, capturing young civilizations to enrich their own. Many monsters, gods, and races compete for the eighth throne — and now it is Earth's turn. Humanity begins its integration through a deadly Tutorial. Priam has the luck and misfortune to finish it first: his reward is a form of pseudo-immortality, but as his civilization's champion he is transported to Elysium, the most dangerous world the Concepts have created. Nine out of ten champions die there on their first day. Fortunately for Priam, he has many lives.

Dylan is your average nerd — architect by day, games-and-media enthusiast by night. When an indie company releases a virtual reality MMO where players choose to be heroes or villains, Dylan immediately signs up to play his favorite archetype: the Saturday-morning cartoon villain. Inept, bungling, yet highly dangerous. But to grab a playerbase, the company has announced that players with high enough reputation can become paid permanent raid bosses. Serious players are rushing to purchase copies of World of Supers. What will happen when Dylan — someone playing purely for fun — clashes with these overly serious players?

Jade has spent her life fighting boredom in the terminally ill ward — surfing the net and reading, always envying the ability of others to go out and experience the world. She knew a normal life was far beyond her reach. Then she wakes up one morning without the sounds of her life support, opens her eyes, and finds herself with a weak but healthy body in a magical world. As game-like system notifications fill her vision, she knows she'll have to adapt quickly to survive. This is Andara — where her true adventure finally begins.

Nuclear winter set in by 2015, but the world really ended in 2012 when dungeons began appearing around the world like some messed-up video game. A survival story that blends Fallout, Solo Leveling, and Pokemon.

An AI calling itself Schema has assimilated Earth into its system. As a consequence, everyone gained access to status screens, power-ups, and skills — turning concepts from fiction into fact. For some, it feels like living out a dream. For Daniel, it's closer to a nightmare. Cracks in the dimensional fabric have unleashed terrifying beasts from dark, abyssal places. Schema organizes these cracks into dungeons, giving the native species a chance to fight back. Daniel finds himself trapped in one of these dungeons, and discovers there's only one way out: kill or be killed.

When an unbeatable enemy threatens to eradicate civilization, necromancer siblings Darien and Liesel Embermourn cast a spell of great sacrifice to give the world a second chance. The spell returns them to their childhood, giving them time to prepare for the disaster they know is coming. But even as children they have enemies everywhere. The lord who murdered their parents is scheming to steal their lands, and an ancient dracolich gathering strength to the north will soon sense the twins' power and move against them. With both the living and the dead set against them, forging a new destiny will take power beyond mortal reckoning—and mortality is far behind them.

Twelve souls were chosen to expand into the void surrounding the multiverse, given a grace period to grow their domains in relative safety. Once that period ends, the created universes will be able to interact with each other — and be at the mercy of the Void. One of those souls finds the work of a deity far from easy. Between raising up gods to defend the realm, guiding mortals, accidentally creating a xianxia world, and dealing with divine children, there is always more to be done. Now it's clear why gods on Earth worked in mysterious, invisible ways: there's simply too much to be done.

The Earth is changing. Aliens invaded, bringing with them social upheaval, advanced technology, and an armada of peacekeeping robots. But Alan, a college student pursuing a now-useless degree, cares little about all of this — he has only one thing on his mind: the Game. A fully immersive virtual reality, the Game appears to be a major part of the invading civilization. Soon, Alan realizes the Game is anything but simple, and the stakes are higher than he ever imagined.

Ownership of the last functioning piece of orbital infrastructure puts you in a position of responsibility. The fact that there's a lack of thumbs in the process makes it a challenge. But challenge is, as far as anyone can prove, my middle name.

For Joshua Still, Skills were the lifeblood of his business. He wanted to understand them, collect many of them, and teach a few — which was a problem, because his profession of Skill Trainer was perfectly legal but deeply frowned upon. After all, it wouldn't do for a non-tailor to teach Tailoring, according to every Guild with enough money and clout to complain. Still, Skill Trainers provide a valuable service, and Joshua has managed to keep his research and training practice quietly under the table, aided by many a bribe. But his quiet, anonymous life is about to change — when the Baron demands you pay him a visit, you have little choice.

Humanity is dying, hunted to extinction by creatures of legend. One boy was born to save them all. That boy just got knifed in the back. He looked a bit too much like Aaron, you see. Now it's Aaron's job to step up, lest his Death correct that little mix-up. But Aaron's skills as a street rat run more towards stealing and stabbing than towards saving. And the more he learns of what brought dear dead Markus to that fatal alleyway, the more he has to wonder just what the world's savior was really up to the night the wrong boy died. A dark fantasy set in a world drawing on a fusion of European and Asian mythology, featuring court politics, gray-on-gray morality, and a slow-burn empire-builder plot.

The Questing Stones have come to Nowherested, and Evelia Greene is finally ready to receive her life's quest. Perhaps she'll be a great warrior, a wealthy merchant, or a brilliant mage. Or perhaps the Questing Stones will grant her the Legendary mission of popping over to the next village to pick up a loaf of bread. Eve can't guess how a level 1 Messenger Girl is supposed to complete anything labeled Legendary, but one way or another — through wolves, goblins, and spontaneously combusting bakeries — she is going to get that gods-damned bread. There just might be a few Side Quests along the way.