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A man broken by despair and depression, Grant Legate finds himself in a once-in-a-lifetime situation after receiving an Ultimate Edition copy of Continue Online. All he wishes for is a distraction from the thoughts plaguing his waking hours. He dives in headfirst, unaware of the AIs' intentions. They offer him the chance to play as one of their own — an NPC deserving of a proper send-off. What he discovers during the journey shakes Grant to his very core.

Seven million players were inside the VRMMO Realms of the Veiled Paths when an unexplained power surge sealed them in. Then they began to die. Caleb Stone's teenage son was among those trapped. A son he had lost once before — a son he refuses to lose again. When he logs in to find him, months have passed inside: empires have fallen, monsters roam freely, and surviving players have carved out warlord kingdoms and murderous factions. As Caleb gathers allies and searches for answers, he realizes that salvation might lie in his Tamer class — a joke class, incomplete and not ready to level, hiding developer code that nobody knew existed. Now that code is unleashed.

The VRMMO Hell's Wonderland Online has been out for years, but so many secrets still exist within the game. Vorpalia joins as a Lesser Drake, hoping to one day become a dragon. Things are going as well as they can for a monster player — until she gains a strange unique skill that has her questioning the very nature of the game itself. Making friends and having her massive ego violently crushed, the young dragon has a long way to go. But what is a dragon girl to do when her favorite game pulls her in for real, while everyone else still thinks it's just a game?

In the real world, Tina Anderson is invisible and under-appreciated, but in the VR game Forever Fantasy Online she's Roxxy — the respected leader of a top-tier raiding guild. Her brother James is a college drop-out struggling with debt, but in FFO he's famous for completing every quest and collecting the rarest items. When FFO becomes real, wounds stop being virtual, monsters turn cunning, and death might be forever. Separated across a much larger and deadlier world, their only advantage is the skill they spent years building in the game.

Nicolas "Nick" Siegel is a young man with mild sociopathy and a worsening case of split personality — and somehow that's the least unusual thing about him. In the virtual reality of Untold Tales, he goes by Elric Walker, the Wandering Knight, among other names. Follow Nick as he tries to make sense of the world around him, battles undead butterflies and strange curses, and maybe finds love along the way.

Matt is running from a life he no longer wants, and he has found a solution: logging into the newest game, Livia, where he gains chances he cannot get anywhere else. He heads to the frontier town of Tallrock and, as soon as he gains his class, the newly minted Cycle Mage has one goal — farming. Given a starting parcel of virgin land, Kastigan must decide what to grow, what animals to raise, and who to hire — all while surviving in wild monster-infested territory, dealing with a Legion Commander who hates him for no apparent reason, and uncovering lost relics from a forgotten time.

Blade & Sheath is a fully immersive VRMMORPG where some players complete quests and fight monsters — and then there's Josh. He needs the money, so when he gets a job as a town builder, he can't believe his luck. The land is untamed, he starts with no skills and no resources, and two fellow builders are his only help. Together they'll build Blade's Rest — a haven for weary adventurers to relax after a day of questing. A cozy, slice-of-life town-building LitRPG where fighting isn't the only way to level up.

World of the Changed swept across humanity like nothing before — a mobile game with flawless graphics, an intuitive interface, and a viral marketing campaign that had millions waiting for Hour X. Nobody understood the price the game would demand. Mark Derwin, a student, was just another eager fan. What he found when the release hit was a world transformed: humanity split between monsters hungry to kill and players scrambling to survive, with a game owner who will not tolerate anyone advancing too far.

Seventeen-year-old Ren Haddon hasn't had an easy life. The child of drug addicts who used him as a lab rat, he spent most of his years in hospital under constant care. Then his name is drawn from millions of others to receive a one-of-a-kind class in the new virtual world game Flow — Fantasy Life Online World.

Tim was always a planner — college, graduate, well-paying job. That plan was coming together until he saw a presentation at his graduation ceremony offering him a chance to get paid to play a virtual world called The Etheric Coast. He could spend his life in a cubicle and a one-bedroom apartment, or he could take a leap of faith into a world of unlimited possibilities. Now he just has to figure out how to get the job of his dreams, help his parents financially, and catch the attention of the girl of his dreams. Tim sure hoped the wave he was about to catch didn't kill him first.

Tad Lonnerman dies in traffic on his way to a crappy meeting. He wakes up uploaded to a beta test of Haven, an unannounced hyper-immersive MMO where the dead get a second chance at life — digital reality, not virtual reality. Except Haven is no blissful paradise. Tad bumbles into a pagan blood feud, crosses paths with fallen angels, and gets lied to by saints. His only allies are a frat boy with a penchant for dying and a pixie who won't give him the time of day. All Tad wants is to return to his old life — and he'll make a deal with the devil for the opportunity.

Chloe Lagarde is a billionaire heiress who chose partying over ambition while her siblings thrived in the family business. A condition to keep her inheritance requires daily meetings with a family psychologist — until he offers her a deal: invest in a new game company and become the first player to spend two years inside their full-immersion pod. Two years away from her family's disapproval sounds perfect. There's just one problem: Chloe's avatar connects to a Goddess of Retribution who doesn't remember her past. Following the trail of the goddess's missing armor will demand more responsibility from Chloe than she has ever accepted before.

Once the promising young CEO of a successful corporation, Lucas abandoned everything after a horrific accident and retreated into virtual reality, lazing about in a carefree digital life. When his escapist paradise is threatened with deletion, Lucas is forced to act — and do what he does best: take charge. This time, however, he returns not as a hero but as the villain. He overthrows local lords, assumes command of the evil Imperium's forces, and begins designing a dungeon no player would ever want to miss. As he evolves his monsters and builds an entourage of minions to become the greatest villain the game has ever known, Lucas realizes it won't be nearly as easy as it seemed.

Noah didn't expect much from entering the VR world of Asgard's Fall. Even the experimental full-immersion technology didn't deter him — it beat living in a nursing home and offered a chance to feel young again. But something is wrong with the game. The gods running it don't behave like AIs, and some players act as though they know secrets Noah doesn't. Forced to use skills abandoned a lifetime ago alongside new digital abilities that resemble ancient magic, Noah must unravel the mysteries of Asgard's Fall — and confront an ancient threat that has forced a hidden world into the light.

Joe's body is failing him. To make his final weeks bearable, he enters full digital immersion, meeting an Evolving Intelligence named Spooky who takes the form of someone he loved. Before they can even begin playing, both are summoned to a world where magic is real. Joe believes it's still the game — unaware the summoning has completely healed his dying body, making him near-immortal. Living every moment as if it were his last, he has no idea he has all the time in the world.

Rostislav Grokhotov, an ordinary clerk, just wanted to earn extra money in the virtual world of Waldyra. He had no grand plans for his character — until a discovery in the game's starter zone changed everything, enveloping the entire world in turmoil and making him a prize hunted by Waldyra's leading clans. Now he must conceal his real identity — because he's in danger in the real world too, with millions at stake. Rosgard holds the key to wealth and power in both worlds. The question: whose side does he take without becoming anyone's pawn?

Secret of the Old Ones is a deep-dive VR game unlike anything the world has seen. Trent Noguero, a hardcore gamer who has been playing for a year, is on the verge of his big break — a chance to join the ranks of the most powerful players in the world. But power draws attention, and celebrity creates enemies. Trent has the keys to massive success, and he has also accidentally painted a target on his back — both inside and outside the game.

Chaos Online is heralded as the first "Hardcore" VRMMORPG. Pain conversion is set at a staggering 75%, and graphical fidelity has been pushed to the limits without any censorship whatsoever. "Who wants to feel their skin melt from dragon fire?" some asked as they dismissed it. Despite the popular belief that no one would play a game so close to reality, Chaos Online sold millions on the first day. Fight. Suffer. Win. Welcome to Chaos Online.

Charlie Mason — Mace — is a retired major crimes detective who gets offered an unusual second act: in-game constable for Immersion Online, the hottest virtual reality game around. He knows nothing about character creation, leveling up, or magical artifacts. He's a real noob. Spawned in the remote Wilderbrook villages to learn the ropes, Mace and his companions find themselves facing an ancient evil he's totally underleveled to handle. Fortunately, virtual world or not, he still has his wits and detective training.

King's League is more than a game — it's a way of life. For recently expelled college dropout Dirk Wilson, picking up and reselling other players' scraps from cleared dungeons and botched side quests is the only thing keeping him off the streets. Tired of ramen noodles and past-due notices, Dirk decides that if he's going to make something of himself, it'll be within the game — taking advantage of real-life payouts from selling in-game goods on King's League's River Market. But the game leaves little margin for error, and Dirk's virtual problems grow as large as his real-life ones when he uncovers a powerful conspiracy that impacts players from level one to level 99.