Deepest Dungeon

When Martin's raiding guild joins Strata Online, they find a hundred-floor mega-dungeon with an ever-shifting ecosystem of monsters. They are soon in a race against the world's strongest guilds to reach the unbeatable lowest depths. A twisted morality meter called Sin can transform a player's class into its dark counterpart. Martin risks playing as a Murovan rat-man combined with the unusual exorcist class. But Strata demands more than skill. The deeper he goes, the darker it gets.

Martin and Iron Riot slew the first Archduke faster than anyone imagined — but the dungeon has left its marks. Martin bears wounds that will not heal and changes he cannot understand. The mysterious Masters who built Strata have complete control over everything inside the game. They now hunt Martin outside it as well, using every tool at their disposal to stop his progress. But they have forgotten the age-old adage: never corner a rat.

Martin dug too deep and uncovered secrets the Masters wanted buried forever. Now Iron Riot face a slow death by dehydration as their real-world bodies are left to rot, the Masters willing to let anyone die to preserve their perfect game. There is one thing the Masters did not account for: a rat with a plan. If Iron Riot can finish the game before the timer runs out — defeat the Archdukes, beat the system, and expose everything — the whole world will be watching. Even all-powerful hands can be forced. At least, that is what Martin told his team the plan was.