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In the future, the class divide has only grown worse. Freya O'Malley grew up on Earth — the worst of the war-torn planets — and wants nothing more than to leave. With few options, she joins the Federation Marines, where every week brings a new war and enlistment points must be earned just to stay in. With a citizenship on a paradise world as the ultimate prize, competition is fierce. Can a girl from the wrong planet modify her body and mind fast enough to stay competitive against those born with every advantage?

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.

Tinea had an ugly childhood full of pain and abuse. It taught her how to fight and survive, how to run and hide and cut ties — but not much else. She ran, crossed an ocean, grew up, and discovered the world. Soul-deep pain notwithstanding, she fought to be happy. Then the aliens invaded her neighborhood. Smoking rifle in hand and still coming up short, she made a life-ending choice — and was rewarded beyond her wildest dreams through DNA-changing Vanguard science. Reborn, a whole new journey awaits the warrior looking for connection and togetherness, set in the universe of Stray Cat Strut.

Sam went for a walk to get baked goods and ended up in the past of another world, with a set of memories that did not quite belong to him. Making use of those memories and his gaming knowledge, he joined the newest VRMMO — Magic Unbound — a game that had been only a dream in his original world. Follow Sam's journey through the game and life as he transforms from a lone gamer into someone surrounded by friends, dealing with annoying villains, scheming edgelord gamers, and secretive assassins along the way. A VRMMO story that keeps the real world and the game world separate, with an emphasis on staying true to how MMOs actually work.

Lots of people get isekai'd, and Matt is no exception. After a quickly resolved misunderstanding with a truck-shaped system assistant, he's sent to Gaia — the garden planet. The truck assures him it's a really good fit. It would probably be right, too, if Gaia wasn't a burned-out wasteland completely devoid of life. Matt has all the system-granted advantages of a LitRPG isekai hero — it's just that he arrived a little late for them to do anyone any good. Now he's starving, wandering a sterilized featureless wasteland that doesn't much care about his improved stats, and searching for a system-issued guardian that might not even exist.

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.

A long-time player of a sci-fi VRMMO was eagerly awaiting the big update that would add countless new systems and rumored game elements. When the update arrived, disaster struck. After crash-landing on a new world, the setting is completely wrong — this is supposed to be a sci-fi game, not fantasy. And why can't they log out?

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.

At twenty-one, everyone manifests a symbiont — a creature invisible to all but its host that shapes their destiny. Conrada "Conrad" Dorrien harbors a dangerous secret: she alone can see everyone's symbionts. Revealing her gift could trigger a buyout of her contract, separating her from family and placing her at the mercy of ruthless corporations. As manifestation approaches, Conrada hopes to follow her father into academia. But her extraordinary connection to the symbionts means she's destined for anything but easy obscurity. A single word — Classified — and she becomes the latest acquisition of Aquila Operations, a boutique corporate consulting firm known for unorthodox methods and a reputation for always getting the job done. A low-fantasy dystopian corporate-feudalism story with grey characters, a queer-normative setting, and a slow-burn romance.

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.

It was a world of sword and sorcery, but that was a thousand years ago. The last elves live on reservations. Dwarven forges have turned to clockwork and steam. New technologies and advanced magics have made the world smaller, safer, richer, and more polluted — dungeon delving can only be done with the proper permits. The Age of Adventures is over. Until it suddenly begins again. Without warning, the gods call forth two new paladins into a world at peace where there are no demons to slay, and the bureaucrats and industrialists who run the world are less happy to see them than the kings and queens of old. In a cramped landscape of complicated politics where adventurers are no longer welcome, what are the mighty warriors of the gods even supposed to do? Well, first, they're sent to school. And it all goes downhill from there.

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.

Val had returned from his latest tour of duty scarred in body and soul. Barely able to walk and drugged for pain, he thought his killing days were finally behind him. He couldn't have been more wrong. Endless Online is a hyper-futuristic game where players can truly live another life. Val loved the idea of starting over in virtual reality — but when someone he cares about turns up missing after chasing that same dream, Val quickly learns that Endless is no simple game. And if he can't figure out the dark secrets behind this realm of wizards, warriors, and intergalactic conquest, it's game over. For everyone.

A modern young woman gets stranded on an alien planet and transformed into an amalgam of human and something more. With no way home and all the survival skills of an average upper-middle-class shut-in, she must learn how to help herself — figuratively and very, very literally. Evelyn, meet Evelyn. You're going to do great things together.

On her way back from a diplomatic mission, a strange signal causes Princess Silgvani of the Vanaery to make a dangerous detour — a decision that will soon carry heavy consequences. The unknown alien she discovers turns out to be more than meets the eye. A character-focused story about a traumatized human girl among alien nobility.

In a world of swords and magic, no one expects an AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter. Transferred to Area 51 to babysit a dusty relic, Captain Henry Donnager made peace with a career of raking sand and motor pool Mondays. But when a team of scientists unlocks a portal to the fantastical world of Gaerra, Henry is thrust into command of Alpha Team — an elite military unit tasked with exploration and diplomacy. To gain local trust, they join the renowned Adventurers Guild. It turns out modern firepower handles fantasy monsters just fine, and the Guild doesn't care how the monster dies, only that it does. Quest by quest, Alpha Team rises through ranks meant for wizards, all without a drop of magic. Every victory pulls them closer to the secret at the heart of Gaerra: who built the gateway, and why?

It was just one fight, but it changed Kaiden Jericho's life forever. A street kid trying to leave his gang behind, Kaiden is offered a chance at the elite Nexus Academy — an institution that trains the next generation of fighters, leaders, hackers, and spies, then hires them out to companies, governments, and NGOs. Training happens through the Animus: a simulation so advanced that every death makes you closer to perfect. Kaiden would really rather skip the death part.

Once a legendary Gunslinger of the Outer Ring, Raziel has been reduced to a drunken husk. The only thing that stirs him into action is trying to save a friend's life, even if it takes a suicide mission. Things take a turn when Raziel winds up with a gem lodged in his chest — one that has all three Rings salivating, because it can do the impossible. He can now level. His arm now absorbs power from people and weapons alike. The dangers of the Rings of Jupiter once took everything from him. Now he has the chance to make things right — to get revenge. A noir-inspired, dystopian space setting full of conspiracies, murder, cults, and mysteries.

Late 21st-century Earth is overcrowded and resource-depleted. A crew of ten humans are sent to Mars aboard Hyperion I to establish the first colony. Just as they are about to descend to the surface, a careless accident kills a crew member and damages the ship, forcing the others to launch early. On day one they learn that magic is real, and that the planet — in fact the entire galaxy — is governed by a complicated and merciless System. Their assimilation into the System makes them enemies of the paranoid powers that be on Earth, cutting them off from all communications and resupply. On their own on a mostly dead world, nearly every form of life they encounter is out to kill them.

For millennia, the Elders have gifted pre-technological civilizations with the Implant — a piece of technology that alters reality on a quantum level, granting extraordinary physical and mental abilities. In return, recipients must pass through the Gauntlets: entire worlds hollowed out and turned into training grounds. Those who survive become the Elders' foot soldiers as they expand across the galaxy. What happens when a human accidentally receives an Implant instead?