
eBook by Jaron Lee Knuth
In a near future where environmental collapse has made the outdoors uninhabitable, the government has created a virtual world where civilization continues—schools, malls, churches, all digital. When a group of teenagers log into a beta test for a new game, harmless virtual violence turns deadly when they realize the game's fatal error: they can't log out. Forced to battle through an endless army of kill-programmed monsters, the players must fight against the clock and find a way back to the real world before it's too late.

In a future where the outdoors are uninhabitable and life has moved online, a group of teenagers log into a VR game beta test—only to discover they cannot log out. Trapped with monsters programmed to kill their avatars, they must fight their way through the game before the real world runs out of time for them.

Arkade has reached the maximum level and found every magic item—but not everyone is happy he's still playing. When his thirst for adventure introduces a dangerous new threat to everything he has built, he must call on all his friends, old and new, to protect what he has sworn to defend.