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A massive wormhole rips open above Earth and aliens arrive — not conquerors, but merchant traders called the Iglax, who offer advanced technology in exchange for cheap labor in the asteroid belt. The aliens test humans individually for miner rentals, and a skilled pilot can earn a spaceship and a contract. When one puddle-jumper pilot tests above and beyond all expectations, he is offered something better than a mining ship: Earth's First StarFighter.

About four weeks ago the world simply turned. One day: iPhones, Mickey Mouse, hamburgers. The next: magic and monsters. And humans became players — with levels, items, and classes. Pretty ironic considering how many times parents told their kids to quit gaming and experience real life. Then real life grabbed everyone by the throat, and it was the gamers who were prepared. A story about a guy, his best friend, a loyal golden retriever, a little girl, and her beloved cat — plus copious amounts of gore, legendary weapons, and a lich king who needed slaying.

The Sullivans are a normal family — until the walls of their home disappear on Thanksgiving and they are transported to Arenia, a place where game rules are real and their Earthen ability to reincarnate grants them unlimited potential. Or it would, if the celestial administrator in charge of their case hadn't mixed up longitude and latitude and sent the wrong family. Too bad he already faked their deaths. Now scattered throughout the Arenian wilderness, armed only with their Tomes — books containing all of their skills, accomplishments, and quests — the family must discover a strength they never knew they had if they're going to survive long enough to find each other.

A failed sci-fi writer and gamer, Oliver was a normal guy until the night a beautiful psychic shifter named Grace appeared on his doorstep — and a second superpowered woman showed up to kill them both. The Cherry Blossom Girls is an urban superhero series blending harem, LitRPG humor and stats, telepathic and vampiric powers, government conspiracies, and a healthy dose of metafiction.

Wounded Army vet Logan Murray thought mimics were the stuff of board games — right up until one ate him. In a flash of snapping teeth, Logan finds himself recruited into the Shadowcroft Academy for Dungeons, the most prestigious interdimensional school dedicated to training the monstrous guardians who protect the Tree of Souls from so-called heroes. As a bottom-tier cultivator, Logan finds himself reincarnated as a lowly fungaloid — a three-foot-tall mass of spongy mushroom with fewer skills than a typical sewer rat. If he's going to survive the grueling academy challenges, he'll need to ace its odd assortment of classes and learn how to turn his unusual form into an asset instead of a liability.

In a militaristic empire where war mages are prized and steam knights celebrated, Mikolai reluctantly signed up to be a steam suit mechanic to avoid conscription into the regular infantry. Magical talent is rare, precious, and a pathway into the nobility — but Mikolai is a peasant from a small farming village with simple ambitions: stay alive and do the right thing. When an unfortunate accident leads to his assignment to a special task force commanded by the notorious war mage Ognyan Spitignov, surviving with a clean conscience becomes very difficult. The mission: stamp out resistance to imperial rule in newly-conquered territory. Mikolai will try everything in his power to make the best of a bad situation — and he has more power than he realizes. His journey will take him through the horrors of war and the grinding clash between empires.

It's the end of the world, and all Dave wanted was to eat his eggs in peace. Thanks to a talking bird, he's been transported to another universe with only a few years to either grow powerful enough on his own to save his home, or find someone who can help him do it. With new friends by his side, Dave pushes against a System that keeps nudging him toward dangerous experiments, working to understand the rules of his new world before time runs out.

Surviving in a game world is easy — until the game is your real life, your enemies want you dead, and your own class couldn't care less about your survival. Paladin Yaropolk must navigate a world where pragmatism and personal gain are the only currencies that matter, wrestling with whether to become like everyone else or hold onto something more.

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Being a mage isn't all it's cracked up to be — especially when you've witnessed the end of the world and the demise of all you've ever loved. As a particle physicist, William Jenkins is as unsuited to survival on an alien world as any normal thirty-something post-doc could be. Thankfully, he's not alone: with an A.I., magic, scientific curiosity, and most improbably a deity on his side, Will must come to terms with his new reality before otherworldly terrors extinguish all hope. Meanwhile, Effni Naridia, Qaseri Ranger and Guardian of her people, must face her own demons — by undertaking a trial that could determine not only the fate of her city but unravel a mystery aeons in the making.

A new Dungeon comes into being beneath the ground of Nerian-Silex. Following its strange instincts and system, it expands, grows, and tests those who enter its domain. Yet something about this Dungeon is different — something it doesn't know itself, yet instantly noticeable to those beyond its border. That strangeness may be the key to breaking through the barrier of nine, or the spark that ignites a continent-spanning war. For now, though, it is busy carving out an underground castle and has little time to listen to the cacophony overhead.

The world didn't end with fire or ice. It ended with a rain of blood and a bureaucratic apology memo from the rest of the galaxy. Enzo had always been a daredevil — snowboarder, rock climber, martial artist, skydiver — until an accident put him on a quieter path crafting bespoke jewelry. Then came the rain. With it came evidence that humanity wasn't alone, and that magic was very real. The dead now rise as Eaters: magically evolving, mana-sucking undead with a taste for hearts and brains. Enzo's only guide is a cryptic Universal Training Guide that refuses to answer questions until you're already figuring things out for yourself. He'll master spells, craft magical equipment, protect the people he loves — and eventually find the people responsible for that apology memo.

Oberon Blackphoenix nearly unified all the races of his world before betrayal ended his life — a sword through the chest from a trusted advisor. His final spell, altered by a legendary artifact, cursed the entire world. Now, over a thousand years later, a certain sorcerer wakes again. And he is not happy. Alessa has spent years on the run, never staying in one place for long. When she arrives at a site connected to the secret that has haunted her entire life, she may have found the one thing that lets her survive the consequences.

In the Dark Age of Technology, a dormant bioweapon waits in the shadows of mankind's forgotten past. A sinister ritual threatens to merge this weapon with a soul from a higher dimension and unleash Chaos upon the grimdark 41st millennium. The soul in question is a long-dead average girl from 21st-century Earth with a passion for sci-fi, yanked from her boring afterlife and reincarnated into the body of an eldritch bioweapon on a desolate world. Now she must wrestle with both her monstrous nature and her own identity as the dark undercurrents of a grimdark future close in around her.

Running on three days without sleep and sustained by coffee and looming bills, Liam stumbles face-to-face with a portal — and jumps through. The destination turns out to be Crystal Skylights, a universe of his own creation. Now Liam must confront that he is merely human in a world where gods walk the earth. His only edge is his knowledge of this universe — knowledge that makes him a prime target.

Walter's normal life is turned upside down when the human race is judged worthy of Ascension — granting powers beyond comprehension to those who complete Trials as an Aspirant. The Trials are run by otherworldly abominations who view humanity as little more than amusing playthings. Walter has been chosen by the Absolute Luck System and has infiltrated the Trials as a Lord Arbiter. The problem: he must now balance life as both an Aspirant and an Admin, and he's doomed if either side finds out he's not who he says he is. Navigating this double life with wit, smarts, and a little luck, Walter must survive long enough to become an Unwilling Eldritch Horror of Fortune.

A chimera slowly regains memories of its past life as a human in a nonmagical world. He is in part James Borland — temp office worker on the verge of going permanent — but he is also a savage beast that grows stronger by consuming the flesh of other creatures. The more he remembers, the greater the influence his old human persona has on his actions, often clashing with the beast's instinct to consume prey and become stronger.

After an unexpected death, John wakes in another world where a system guides him. Known as a Sider — someone reincarnated from Earth — his initial aim is simply to survive. But his journey unfolds into something larger: a goal with a hard deadline, a royal family with designs on using him for their own ends, and forces larger than any of them at play. If John fails to reach his new goal in time, his one chance at a new life will be over.

The cycle is simple: a Dungeon Core is born, seeks power, accumulates wealth, descends into darkness, and is eventually quelled by adventurers. All cores desire power. This one seems to have it backwards. It has no desire to rule, enslave, or conquer — it wants to start a corporation. When money is power, what greater weapon is there than capitalism? Join a dungeon core on its journey to earn fat stacks while going to absurd lengths to avoid being evil.

Lars wakes each morning to a voice in his head urging him to kill — claiming she's just handing him quests to help him level. He ignores it. The cultivators who bullied him his whole life are as far above him as gods, and killing isn't in his nature anyway. Then a murderous sect descends on his village, slaughters everyone he knows, and takes his mother as a slave. Lars has no choice but to trust the voice, complete her quests, and find a way to grow strong enough to get her back.