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When mana arrives on Earth, Coop finds himself isolated on a tropical island with one real option to survive: claim a civilization shard and level up. By carefully selecting a class and committing to progression, he grinds thousands of monsters to compete on the system's leaderboards while upgrading his settlement to represent the factionless.

Steven awakens to a nightmare. Transported to a brutal medieval kingdom on a faraway world, he wakes up as Kivamus — the exiled third son of a Duke, now the newly made Baron of a crumbling village called Tiranat. In a bandit-ridden frontier surrounded by untamed forests, survival is a daily battle and resources are scarce. Yet he sees potential where the villagers only see struggle. He dreams of using his knowledge to forge a new future for Tiranat, fueled by industry. But managing a starving village through the coming winter and navigating the cutthroat world of medieval nobility is just the beginning of a very long road.

Surviving the first days of a reality-warping apocalypse, William is a wreck hiding in an attic. The daily acid storms, floating elementals, and bizarre mutated animals are the least of his problems — the apocalypse has rules and a system much like those in video games, and he has no idea how any of it works. Staying alive isn't enough. William will need to bring other survivors together and build a fortification large enough for all of them if he ever wants to strike back at the things that took everyone he loved.

Thousands of years ago, humankind was destroyed — but the xenos still worship them as gods. Now alien civilizations build cities among humanity's majestic ruins, and one Empire has learned to harness forgotten human technology to dominate the distant worlds. Eolh is a jaded avian thief raised in the underbelly of a city full of winged xenos. He fought the Empire when it first arrived, but the resistance died long ago. He trusts no one and looks out only for himself. When an unusual heist takes a deadly turn, Eolh must bargain with an android carrying an impossible secret — one that could shake the foundations of the universe.

The Earth of the future is united under a single government, but the powerful still rule the weak. Those who do not conform are exiled to another world — one that even future technology failed to tame. It should have been humanity's New World. Instead it became a penal colony, a place where the exiled are sent to die. The exiles' gene manipulation grants them something akin to superpowers, but that counts for little against the monsters of their new world. Survival depends on what the land provides, the scraps of failing old technology, and the fragile politics forming between rival clans.

Earth is lost. Driven to the brink of extinction by impossibly powerful Kaiju, humanity survives only in Subterranean Arks deep in the Earth's mantle. Raymond Ryker isn't a hero. He's simply the best surviving pilot humanity has ever known — and he fights not for glory, but to avenge the countless lives lost to the monsters. When a mad plan is concocted to send a human consciousness back in time to inhabit their younger self, Ryker volunteers. But the experiment goes wrong: instead of his teenage body, Ryker's mind is transplanted into a newly hatched Kaiju. Trapped in the body of a monster and unable to warn humanity of the coming cataclysm, he must forge his new form into the ultimate weapon. The mission hasn't changed. Kill all Kaiju.

Frank isn't exactly a model citizen. He's also not here to save Earth — he just wants his favorite curse word back. Too bad the World Dungeon drops him in as a zombie with a level cap of 1 and a profanity filter that turns every F-bomb into "frank." Earth has been repossessed and rebranded by a megacorp called DungeonCore. The prize is ownership of the planet, and this season is Hardcore Mode: death means getting stuck in his Lair until the next expansion, losing everything. Humanity gets a head start, but deep-pocketed aliens are lining up to buy in. To make matters worse, hero classes went to the NPCs while actual players got saddled with monster classes. Frank spawns as a lowly zombie with only stubbornness, handyman's grit, and an accidental Universe First achievement that lets him build a class of his own. He's not a hero — he's not even technically alive. But he might be petty enough to move mountains for the sake of one four-letter word.

At twenty-one, everyone manifests a symbiont — a creature invisible to all but its host that shapes their destiny. Conrada "Conrad" Dorrien harbors a dangerous secret: she alone can see everyone's symbionts. Revealing her gift could trigger a buyout of her contract, separating her from family and placing her at the mercy of ruthless corporations. As manifestation approaches, Conrada hopes to follow her father into academia. But her extraordinary connection to the symbionts means she's destined for anything but easy obscurity. A single word — Classified — and she becomes the latest acquisition of Aquila Operations, a boutique corporate consulting firm known for unorthodox methods and a reputation for always getting the job done. A low-fantasy dystopian corporate-feudalism story with grey characters, a queer-normative setting, and a slow-burn romance.

Lots of people get isekai'd, and Matt is no exception. After a quickly resolved misunderstanding with a truck-shaped system assistant, he's sent to Gaia — the garden planet. The truck assures him it's a really good fit. It would probably be right, too, if Gaia wasn't a burned-out wasteland completely devoid of life. Matt has all the system-granted advantages of a LitRPG isekai hero — it's just that he arrived a little late for them to do anyone any good. Now he's starving, wandering a sterilized featureless wasteland that doesn't much care about his improved stats, and searching for a system-issued guardian that might not even exist.

Death is an inevitability for all — except Aria. In a world locked in war, with most continents already wiped out before a Great Treaty banned strategic-level weaponry, Aria Crimson finds herself lost. Treated as a weapon by the military since childhood, she has almost forgotten what it was like not to be at war. When a System screen appears before every person on the planet, humanity gains classes, levels, and new powers — just as invaders from another world declare war to claim the planet for themselves. After ten years of fighting, Aria finally has a way out. One that involves even more fighting. As the only True Immortal in the universe, dubbed by the System as Death itself, she must figure out what that means for her future.

Post-Apocalypse America is unrecognizable. Jake survives as the leader of a scavenging adventuring team — a former mage who now follows the strange path of cultivation, taught to him by a mysterious traveler. As far as he knows, he is one of the only people on Earth with this power. Events will unfold that change Jake's life forever. He might even lose his very humanity while trying to do the right thing — but in return, perhaps he will grasp a second chance to save himself and others, to correct the past. He is about to be caught up in something much greater than himself. Will he be consumed by the machinations of greater powers? No matter how terrible the odds, Jake doesn't give up.

Ilia is a gamer who has spent years chasing escapism. She discovers a game talked about in online forums as the most immersive game ever, made for a cutting-edge VR console: MEAT — a perfectly strange world of living flesh, full of strange details and biohorrific sensibilities. At first it's exactly what was promised. But after she starts seeing things she shouldn't and experiencing the game's systems in far more detail than should be possible, she begins to wonder. When she starts looking for answers, she discovers just how deep the rabbit hole goes — and just how many others may be out there, touched by a place she cannot comprehend. What are the sides to this conflict she can't yet see? What will she become as she digs deeper into what is — and what might be?

She's a puppy. She's a girl. And she's going to evolve. Waking up one day in a litter of puppies, her human life a fading memory, she quickly falls into the flow of things — playing and hunting with her pack, taking naps, and leveling up. With five siblings who all have unique powers, a protective Dog Mom and three-headed Cerberus Dad, nothing seemed like it could go wrong. That is, until human hunters attack her family and kidnap her brothers and sisters. Now alone in a harsher world, she won't give up — she'll continue to level and evolve, and become powerful enough to take revenge and get her family back.

August 18, 2018. Earth is at peace. Then the sun explodes, and the world changes forever. Sen Salazar, a third-year student in Dubai, is thrust into a world where only monsters are found aplenty. Resources are dwindling, survivors are scarce, and safety is nowhere to be found. Combined with an otherworldly system designed to bring out humanity's hidden potential, Sen has watched enough movies to know what to do: survive. He just has to figure out how to stop himself from turning into one of the monsters first.

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.

In a world where an AI Apocalypse has transformed life into a brutal game of survival, humanity's last hope lies in turning back the clock. Liam Bell, a seasoned warrior at the end of his rope, is given a second chance. With a unique class that may give him the edge he needs, he is determined to rewrite history and save the remnants of humanity. As Liam battles monstrous foes and navigates treacherous alliances, he must level up rapidly, harnessing the evolving power of his bloodline. Can he reach the mythical Level 100 and create safe havens before the relentless onslaught overwhelms him?

Dungeons have torn open across Earth, summoning invaders from alternate realities, waking ancient gods, and empowering humans with levels and classes. The System has issued one directive: whoever reaches level 100 first becomes Earth's new Overgod. A battle royale of worldwide proportions begins — but Basil Bohen doesn't give a crap about the apocalypse. He would rather live in the woods with his monster pets. Unfortunately, people just won't leave him alone.

Elijah Hart is dying — wracked by cancer and weakened by chemotherapy. When the mysterious World Tree extends its branches to Earth, his Seattle-bound flight crashes into the Pacific Ocean and a game-like system takes hold, reshaping humanity's future. Waking up on an island in the Pacific Northwest, Elijah finds himself suddenly gifted with magical powers and an innate connection to the natural world as a Druid — wielding Ethera and able to take on the forms of powerful beasts. The influx of magic has rendered most technology useless and thrown humankind back into a preindustrial age. With each trial he faces, Elijah becomes healthier, stronger, and more powerful. But will it be enough to save himself, let alone the world?

Late 21st-century Earth is overcrowded and resource-depleted. A crew of ten humans are sent to Mars aboard Hyperion I to establish the first colony. Just as they are about to descend to the surface, a careless accident kills a crew member and damages the ship, forcing the others to launch early. On day one they learn that magic is real, and that the planet — in fact the entire galaxy — is governed by a complicated and merciless System. Their assimilation into the System makes them enemies of the paranoid powers that be on Earth, cutting them off from all communications and resupply. On their own on a mostly dead world, nearly every form of life they encounter is out to kill them.

Jayke Cipher was, to his limited knowledge, one of the last people alive. The apocalypse struck Earth swiftly, and the monstrosities that roamed outside became an unavoidable part of his existence. Working from within a heavily defended compound, he watched them through surveillance cameras and cultivated a strange fascination with strange creatures. When the compound is breached and all other options are exhausted, his only option is the pod — a mysterious virtual reality capsule whose producer had released early in light of the apocalypse. He had always thought of it as suicide. But being eaten alive is worse.