Jeff the Game Master

Game Master Jeff Driscoll has a tedious job: help players deal with the occasional bug in the massive VRMMORPG Infinite Worlds and make sure they give a five-star rating. He isn't allowed to actually play. When the game's AIs unexpectedly issue a Rogue Patch, Infinite Worlds becomes a buggy mess and Jeff becomes the only Game Master left standing. It's up to him to restore normalcy using his ability to manipulate the game's code — which appears to the players as magic. But will the AIs let him?

After the rogue patch did its damage, Jeff and the rest of Infinite Worlds' players face a new threat: Shelarag, the Mother of Dragons. Someone killed her lover, and now they will pay. Still tasked with figuring out who or what is responsible for the chaos, Jeff must also figure out what his new Manipulator Class actually does. Former GMs Torvi and Snapdragon apply their knowledge to power-level Jeff and restore normalcy to the game.

What happens when the world’s most realistic game becomes more real than reality? Logout button disabled, Jeff and crew find themselves stuck until they can defeat King Tom and the rogue patcher. The mystery still looms: who is behind Infinite Worlds’ attack? Dan Shaklee, CEO of Hard Rock Data, makes discoveries with implications beyond anything he could’ve ever imagined. King Tom, having assimilated nearly all of IW’s Principalities, has continued his onslaught. This time, creating an army of adorable but vicious Vorpal Rabbits, he has issued a command to the Dragon’s Banes: find and destroy all before they end the world. Jeff, along with Dak, Jeweliette, Oliver, Torvi, Snapdragon—oh, and despite everyone’s desires, Crush and Vilecutter—must traverse the underground bunny burrows to put and end to it all. It’s a race against time. Tensions are high. Patience is thin. Will they do it before their TerraMount systems give out and their mortal bodies follow?