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A retired veteran from the world's greatest army, Androkles spent twenty-five years fighting to earn back his good name. Battle-scarred and weary, he finally has his chance to retire in peace — until his wife flees north with all his hard-won savings. Pursuing her through dangerous lands filled with bandits and ravening beasts, Androkles rescues a pair of orphans from starvation. Caring for them forces him to confront a question that strikes at the very heart of honor — one with consequences far greater than his own life. The trilogy follows Androkles across three complete novels: Obstacles, Doubts, and Burdens.

Humanity is not alone. It fights to survive. Among Terra's billions, Lanis Osgell was one of the elite few — a Navigator, a psychic bridge allowing Fleet's warships to jump between star systems. Now, suddenly, she is nothing. Newly broken in a world she was never prepared to re-enter, Lanis must imagine a new future among the planet-side mega corporations and their fierce rivalries. A Navigator, even a broken one, is impossible to ignore.

What young boy doesn't crave adventure? What young man doesn't wish to be a superhero? But time marches on, life grows dull with responsibility, and old dreams are forgotten. This story follows Daniel Newman as he's dragged solidly out of his comfort zone and adjusts to a strange new world — one where superpowers are for sale, heroics are frowned upon, and life constantly defies his expectations. Dan always thought he was destined to be normal, but one world's normal is another world's special.

Retired CEO Charles Morris is transported to a medieval fantasy world by a goddess who immediately leaves — she grabbed the wrong person. Stuck with no way home, Charles is restored to his physical prime and stumbles upon the village of Tine, whose people have been waiting centuries for a divine Champion. Using a lifetime of business acumen and a special ability called Topsight — which lets him view and manage the entire village from above — Charles sets out to grow a Level 1 backwater into a prosperous settlement. He has one month to prove himself before the villagers hang him.

Gael Halloway is a brilliant but unlicensed doctor practicing medicine in the slums of a city smothered by toxic mist. Magic parasites turn people into monsters, and the upper-city barons hoard all the symbiotic systems and bioarcanic weapons, leaving the lower city to fend for itself. When a parasite-hunting exorcist stumbles onto his doorstep—half-dead and missing a partner to link with her symbiotic system—Gael sees his chance to make a difference. Limb-worshipping gangs, mad plague doctors, and flesh-hungry ghoul cults stand in his way, but he intends to rid his district of the wretched parasites, upgrade his clinic, and carve out a sanctuary in a city that has long forgotten the taste of fresh air.

Retired Navy captain Craig Larson is offered a chance at a new life, and chooses the body of a half-man, half-serpent creature called a naga. He must fight to secure a place for himself in this new world against pirates, thieves, and terrors of the deep — all seeking to end his new life before it truly begins. Larson is not easily deterred. He will call upon a loyal crew and decades of knowledge from his previous life, standing ready with steel and spell to cut down all who oppose him as he seeks to conquer the Limitless Seas.

Disillusioned businessman John Lawrence Locke finds himself summoned as a hero to another world filled with monsters and magic, his body reverted to the age of fifteen. Betrayed by the very people who summoned him, he is condemned as the False Hero and forced to flee for his life. Alone in an unfamiliar world and hunted by all of humanity, he takes on the alias of Lutz and uses his gaming knowledge to quickly adapt to the world's strangely game-like mechanics.

In a world where monsters are real and academic performance can be a matter of life and death, Alexa Thyme operates differently from her peers. She feels no emotions — except when she increases her attributes, which has become the singular purpose driving her life. Using biting sarcasm and deadpan responses to pass as an ordinary student, she pushes herself through academics, sports, and supernatural threats alike — determined to advance as far as her willingness to work will take her.

At the District One Invitational, a rookie eSports team defied all odds and reached the finals, earning worldwide acclaim. Dubbed the Paragons, they never celebrated that victory — they lost a friend in the match, who never appeared online again. Ten years later, only Helena remains of the original team. Abidden, once the most exclusive VR game ever made, has been reduced to a shadow of its former glory — yet remains the most-streamed game in the world. James Sylvester, finally out of hospital and crippled with medical debt, his gaming licence revoked, has been competing in illegal slum arcades to make repayments. When a high-profile job grants him temporary backdoor access to his blacklisted account, he receives an invitation that could change his life forever.

Theodore the Babylonian was once the greatest Earth Mage in his world — head of the Order of Architects, two thousand years old, and finally ready to retire. In the course of his long life, however, he had accumulated too many enemies, and they ensured his retirement was fatal. His death was not final. Reborn in a strange new world with all his memories and experience but none of his power, he must climb back to the top — before this world is consumed by the beasts of the Shadow Plane.

Lukas Zaun has been a thief, an assassin, a spy, an ambassador, the herald of a dragon god, and a demon lord's enforcer — and he did it all sitting on the beach, watching the waves, enjoying a cup of tea. That's the advantage of having clones. Now he wants to become an archmage and try his hand at godhood. It means starting from scratch in a new body on a new world — but that's no problem for someone who can live multiple days while others toil through one.

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.

If you're one to travel the roads, you may have heard of me — the Skystrider who walked with the wind, the Voiceless man of song without speech, the Tutor who taught the Lion of Summer how to fight, the Traveler who has walked all roads of the earth. I have spoken languages lost to time, sung to the earth, outwitted Demons, and danced with the Fae. My songs have been heard by lords of wind and ash, and my steps have echoed in the bellies of gargantuan beasts. People have branded me a myth. But I'm no legend. I'm just the bard stupid enough to poke the real ones with a stick.

Atherleah Carroll grew up in the gang-controlled suburbs of Brisbane at the end of the twenty-first century. Determined to escape a life of mediocrity, she gained the skills to do so — only for an accident to change everything. On her sixteenth birthday she was inadvertently implanted with a Neural Enhancement Chip far beyond the standard government model, removing its limits and breaking its control parameters. Leah's life quickly becomes a battle on two fronts: in the dangerous real world, and inside the sprawling virtual-multiverse she enters to fund her education and independence.

Twenty years ago, the hero Glorybeam and the villain Blacktime fought. The aftermath leveled twenty city blocks, killed thousands, and orphaned hundreds. Neither has ever faced consequences. Isaac Hartson was one of those orphans. As a nominal-class metahuman — a dreg — he knows he'll never hold them accountable by force. But years as a janitor have taught him the value of simple plans and hard work. Once set in motion, events stay in motion. In Star City, there is always someone with an angle, and Isaac will need more than hard work to keep from being buried under the tide of consequences he has set in motion.

In the year 3047, humanity sends a second candidate through an interdimensional portal to a world of wizards and sorcery — this time properly equipped. The magical realm known as The Nexus demands a college-age candidate enroll in a magical academy to prove their worth. Emma Booker is a 19-year-old ROTC candidate chosen for the task. Mana proves deadly to the human body, so she must navigate everything from ancient conspiracies to noble politics while sealed inside a suit of power armor. Armed with a sidearm, laser cannon, railgun, and an AI co-pilot, Emma must balance strength and diplomacy to survive her first year at the Transgracian Academy for the Magical Arts.

Andy "Duke" Ellington was an exceptional fighter pilot who always pushed too hard — until the end finally came for him. Then he was Elsewhere: a completely different world where magic and stats were his new reality, with no support and only a marginal clue. Imprisoned Archmages, corrupt rulers, mysterious forces from beyond, and ancient dungeons all want a piece of him. He's happy to take them all on — and show everyone what happens when you mess with the Duke.

Coast Guard Captain Jesse Watkins is killed in action. Instead of moving on to the afterlife, Watkins wakes up as something different — he has been reborn as the core of a war-ravaged starship and must work to repair his vessel if he wants to find his way home. Threats to his new existence abound, both in the darkness of space and lurking aboard the ruined hulk of the ship he now commands. With a lifetime of naval service experience to draw upon, Captain Watkins must become something more than he was before — a vessel powerful enough to survive the journey home.

Jasper Cloud is the final non-person on Earth — the orphan son of the last two executed citizens in the Global Republic, struggling to survive in a world where old knowledge is now illegal. When a new light appears in the night sky, his only friend suddenly becomes a young woman with the power to undo the current reign of tyranny. But hidden enemies are already waiting for her and the living starship empowering her. Jasper slips through the cracks of their trap, empowered as well. If he is careful, he can refine his newfound strength, repair the damaged ship, and rescue the woman now determined to tear down the corrupt Republic with her bare hands.

Nineteen-year-old repair technician Tess Rivera lives on Tertius-Prime, a crumbling megacity built atop a dungeon that has been "cleared" for twenty years. The power grid fails nightly, her father's health is declining, and their freighter-home is one broken component away from becoming a coffin. When desperation drives her into the dungeon's outdated tutorial system, it malfunctions—and Tess fixes it herself, accidentally acquiring a {null} class no one has ever heard of. No combat skills, no normal leveling. Just the ability to see dungeon code, interface with broken systems, and talk to an AI that has been alone for far too long. The "cleared" dungeon is not empty. It has just been abandoned. And Tess's "broken" class might be exactly what is needed to wake it back up.