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When Zareth first realized he had been reborn into a world that ran on video game mechanics, he was ecstatic — he'd expected danger and adventure. Instead, he spent much of his new life on the streets of Tal'Qamar before eventually becoming a Cultist to Cerebon, God of Flesh and Transformation. Being a Cultist to the God of Flesh turned out to be much less exciting than hoped, and Zareth spent most of his time helping rich women smooth their skin. Just when he had given up hope, everything changes when the city enters a period of sharp political turmoil — and Zareth is dragged right into it.

When Jack Vance's grandfather is murdered, his dying words extract a promise: get Jack to attend Darkthorn Academy. Jack doesn't like it, but he'll honor the man who raised him. Surviving the Academy won't be easy. Jack must make alliances, harness magic, and face enemies both living and dead—all while looting dungeons to pay his school fees. If he's lucky, he might just make it to second year.

Liv Brodbeck is too small, too fragile, and—according to everyone—a burden on her mother from the day she was born. A bastard child in a castle kitchen with no prospects. But when she accidentally unleashes a surge of wild magic, she takes her first step on a journey that will lead her from the kitchens of Castle Whitehill, to the cold palaces of the Eld, and beyond—to the graves of gods.

The world is in ruins. Extreme sub-zero temperatures suffocate the surface, making even simple survival an ordeal. The only escape from the deadly climate is underground — but that brings its own disasters: monstrous machines lurking in the depths, land that shifts like contraption more than rock, and only demigods powerful enough to travel deeper. When an expedition into the far uncharted north goes terribly wrong, Keith Winterscar and his father are trapped together in a desperate fight for survival. Stumbling upon an ancient war of titanic scale, the two must set aside their differences while they struggle against gods, legends, and the grand secrets of the realm that lies below.

Ryan Rosa has had a run of bad luck, but when he receives a VIP package for the newest virtual reality game, his luck takes a turn for the better — until he's stabbed in the back by a guild of players who betray him for a unique weapon he possesses. Ryan contemplates doing the one thing every player hates: re-rolling his unique character and starting over. But even starting over won't save him in New Realm Online. He'll have to work smarter to avoid using his last re-roll.

Freddy Stern, a twenty-one-year-old cashier, has lived a plain, albeit harsh life. Having been orphaned twice, he's spent the last ten years working and staying out of trouble. His only aspiration is to save enough money to become an archhuman. His dream gets the jump on him when he barely survives a near-death encounter and finds himself with 1% Lifesteal — a bizarre talent with numerous contradictions and just as many uses. With every dead enemy, he becomes a bit stronger, a little wiser, and a lot more ruthless. And no matter how much damage he takes, he can always put himself back together. Physically, at least. But on his path to power, after having to look at the rotting guts of archhuman society again and again, can his talent keep his mind and soul as pristine as his body? Or will that part of him simply remain broken?

After dying and being reborn into a world built like a video game, Jim finds himself stuck in a very old-fashioned new player zone for low-level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters to take it easy. To make matters worse, Jim is the only new player around — and he comes with a literal shoulder demon. Jim has been given an opportunity, and he'll do his best to take advantage of it.

Every thousand cycles, the 108 gods select their avatars among the most deserving champions of the galaxy for a grand game to decide who will next bear the crown of archon. This time, even the mightiest tremble — the twin arbiters have entered the fray. Space has chosen Lilth Seranne Kerentis: empress, conqueror, warrior, scholar, an undisputed genius of brawn and magic. Time has chosen Steve, a 25-year-old cello player from London. Thing is, Steve cannot lose. But to get there, he'll have a very bad time.

Milo lives in a steel cave within a man-made mountain of concrete. He spends his days repairing machinery and tinkering with the prosthetics that help his twisted body navigate the small tunnels that are his world—as much a piece of discarded machinery as the equipment he maintains. An escaped lab experiment living in a hole. Given a chance at being someone different, Milo may become a hero. But there are secrets buried in the ground: ancient mysteries left by races that delved deep and stayed below. Maybe only a tunnel rat can discover them.

On the world of Marconen, your first Break determines the trajectory of your life. Calvin chose magic — and without proper schooling or a mentor, he is dragged by fate across the planet, blending different schools of magic and powerful abilities into something entirely new. A deeper secret hides behind his success: why was he born an exile? Why is his System so strange, and why does it keep talking to him? As time marches on, something evil grows in power across the ocean.

A system message appears worldwide: a Quantum Phase Shift has been selected to "increase habitability." Expected survival rate: 1–5%. Troias Drakos awakens to find that the world he knew is gone. Most of Earth's life was killed in an instant, and those who survived have been granted powers that seem almost magical — though the monsters of this new reality are equally powerful, or far more so. Only by uniting and mastering their new abilities will humanity survive. Troias has been given a unique set of powers. If he is to have any chance, he must master them and become a true Spirit Warrior.

Jax is a pretty regular guy with a job he tolerates and a girl he kinda loves — and he fights creatures from the UnderVerse in his sleep, waking covered in horrific scars. When his brother vanishes and five years later Jax is kidnapped as well, his father gives him a stark choice: travel to the UnderVerse in reality, reach the capitol of that ruined realm at the center of existence, and open a portal for the Noble Houses to return home — or die slowly. First, though, he has to survive the arena, where twelve will enter and only one can leave.

Kaius just wanted to unlock his class — instead, he restarted the apocalypse. After years of training, Kaius has barely acquired the first two of his family's legacy skills: powerful, vanishingly rare abilities whose method of creation is a secret people would kill for. Narrowly surviving a bandit ambush, he gets trapped in the Great Depths — a world-spanning dungeon. To escape, he must slay one of the Guardians defending the exits, a feat no classless fighter has ever survived. If that weren't bad enough, succeeding will reignite a forgotten trial that nearly ended civilization.

A new, darker age is dawning. The greed of kings has ignited a seemingly endless war. As men fight, the monsters of the untamed wilds devour the frontier — villages abandoned, fields gone fallow, murderous bandits roaming the desolation. None of that matters to a nameless goblin slave. He just wants to eat as much food as he can shove into his mouth when no one is looking. But fate runs a twisted course, and instead he is whisked away to the far-off Iron Teeth Mountains. To stay alive, he will have to evolve into something more than a simple goblin and carve a bloody path through the forests of the North — if he can first get over his crippling fear of trees, and survive in a place where everything considers him the perfect size for a quick snack.

In a world where magic is a science, Siobhan is a genius — but even geniuses need schooling. When she stumbles into the theft of a priceless magical book, she thinks her dreams of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer are destroyed. Then a mysterious spell changes her life forever. Siobhan now inhabits the body of a strange man and has a new identity: Sebastien. With a fresh start, she allies herself with a local gang that is secretly a revolutionary party funding itself through crime. She is bound by vow to repay them in magic and favors. As Sebastien's reputation grows and Siobhan's old enemies still lurk in the shadows, she realizes the secrets of this world run deeper and darker than she imagined. Forced to juggle a double life, she is determined to uncover the truth — and take control of the name they gave her: The Raven Queen.

The age of Man has come and gone. His bright and glorious works are ruins, his heritage scattered and forgotten. Vicious things now walk his empty halls and hunt his empty streets. Men are few in number and huddled far away on the last weary stretches of land that have not cast them out. For a boy like Dirt, there is no food but what he can scavenge and no shelter but what he can dig. If he wants to survive, he must find allies in even the most unlikely places — because in a world the wilds have reclaimed, there is no mercy from hungry jaws. An adventure story about friendship, courage, and the unrelenting savagery of nature, following a boy with a mysterious, forgotten past who must quickly learn to contend with the supernatural to survive.

In the world Jay was born into, male children are rare — and fewer than half receive a class from the system. Those who don't are trapped in a boy's body forever. On his last chance before the obelisk, Jay receives not just a class, but a Legendary one: the most desired class of all. Wealth, status, and power come with it — along with unexpected responsibility, small-town politics, and secrets his mentor has kept about his past that could destroy everything.

Victor can't wait to get out of high school and start his own life on a sports scholarship. That plan is derailed when he steps into his abuela's house and somehow ends up in a world filled with fantastical meta-humans, walking talking devils, and creatures one usually needs serious pharmaceuticals to see. Fanwath is no dream — it's a nightmare. Sold into slavery as a pit fighter, Victor learns his new home is controlled by the System, and the only way to get ahead is to fight, kill, and collect the precious Energy that means the difference between a long life and an early grave. His stats start at a solid zero. Lucky for him, no one in this world has ever met his kind before — which means they have no idea what he's really capable of.

Ten years ago, the planet Jupiter vanished from the night sky. That same day, the Jovians announced their presence on Earth by gifting magical powers to teenage girls. Now they're more selective, choosing only adult women to join their war as magical girls and witches. Rachel has always been obsessed with magical girls, and that obsession became all-consuming when she learned her own roommate Sophia is secretly Strix Striga, one of the most powerful magical girls in North America. Sophia's double life leaves no time for Rachel — and the witches she fights get all the attention Rachel desperately craves. Now Rachel is a witch herself, with the Jovians taking a special interest in her. With their guidance and her own burning drive, she'll grow her power until she's ready to challenge the invincible Striga — and then Sophia will finally be hers.

Ragnarok is near and the Vikings of Midgard have failed to prevent it. Searching all worlds for one last warrior, Odin's eye falls on Magnus — an Army Ranger whose death took his entire team with him. Summoned before the All-Father, Magnus strikes a bargain: be reborn in Midgard, empower himself through mystical runes, and battle Odin's foes — in exchange for his team getting a second chance at life if he succeeds. Waking in a small farming village, Magnus must train and battle mundane foes and mythological creatures across all Nine Realms.