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Zephaniah Kote is a gamer, coder, and hacker — not a murder investigator. But when he meets with the creators of the upcoming virtual reality game Fabula, he finds himself pulled into a crisis: one person is dead and two executives are trapped inside their own game. Zephaniah is the one they want to solve it. Forced to enter Fabula as a Ranger, his search for the missing executives leads him to the medieval city of Altour, where he must level up fast enough to investigate the dangerous territory ruled by the Thieves Guild.

Ninetoes is a hobgoblin wizard — unusual enough on its own — but stranger still, a twist of fate has made him an Adventurer rather than an NPC in the game world of Adrenon. With this new status comes access to power, magic, and skills his kind can rarely attain. In his first quest among the ancient ruins of Kavralach, Ninetoes faces danger and intrigue. Failure means the destruction of his home and people. To become their champion, he must master the magic system, advance as rapidly as possible, and find allies — for a wizard alone is vulnerable.

Sally never played MMORPGs until her stepsister Darcy convinced her to try Shadow's Deep. One evening of dungeon raiding turns into a nightmare when they find themselves trapped inside the game world. With NPCs who now have their own motives and monsters with real teeth, Sally and Darcy must find other trapped players and form a party to survive — and learn to tap into bravery they never knew they had.

Varnoth the shadow panther awakens in the strange, cruel world of Albattara — humanoid, tied to a cross, and on the verge of death. With a unique set of skills and no knowledge of who he is or why he was left to die, he sets out on a journey of discovery through a world where only the strong survive. As Varnoth grows into one of the most powerful heroes in the land, a new dark threat from deep underground threatens all of Albattara — and he will need every ounce of that power to protect the people around him.

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Humanity waits out the restoration of Earth inside Singularity, a virtual space built to preserve sanity. When high-profile avatars start turning up dead, three agents of SPI — the Singularity Policing Institute — must uncover the truth behind the murders and the conspiracy threatening humanity's future. A cyberpunk, a space nerd, and a fairy princess make for an unlikely team, but they may be the only ones who can unravel what is really happening inside Singularity.

Earth is dying, managed by a corporate machine that demands dormancy. Citizens go dormant for years at a time — minds uploaded, bodies suspended — while a cosmic horror called the Maw drifts closer, a vacuum of existential void destined to consume everything. Roland Kurt, desperate for a life that feels real, logs into Dens and Wyverns, a virtual sandbox. When a mysterious entity begins shattering the game's boundaries, Roland is thrust into the role of defender, navigating a glitching world alongside a reckless young powerhouse and a scholar. As the line between simulation and reality blurs, Roland uncovers that the dangers leaking into the sandbox are aimed at the very soul of humanity.

Players disappeared from the game Aesir five hundred years ago — and no one wants them back. So when Astra Diane respawns, it is more than a little inconvenient for her porter Xander, now a high-ranking member of the Church. As the only person in the world who can hand out unlocked Skills and respawn at Soul Stones, Astra is a hot commodity for cities looking to wage war and for the remaining Porters who wish to increase their own Skills. Astra has her own problem, though: she cannot log out.

Steve Benson is dying. Given the opportunity to enter Tempest Online as the warrior Abalonious, he finds a dream come true — until a simple quest spirals out of control and he and his companions discover they are unwittingly caught in a battle between dark gods and the forces of light. The deal Abalonious accepted hides a crucial detail: if he fails, the game is over and he dies permanently. With his virtual existence on the line, he and his allies must put everything at risk to prevent the catastrophic collapse of the simulation they now call home.

Clay has spent his entire childhood working to be strong enough, fast enough, and brave enough to earn an adventurer's class and fight the monsters spawned by the world's Lairs and Dungeons. On the day of his Choosing, the gods give him something else entirely: [Commoner]. As every one of his friends sets off to be a hero, Clay is told his destiny is a farm, not a dungeon. He decides to fight the monsters anyway — armed with his wits and not much else.