Tower of Babel

Launch day. That was what they called it — the day over four million people vanished from Manhattan, the day a one-hundred-and-one-kilometre tower rose from the wreckage, and the day every screen displayed a single message: The Great Emperor has issued his challenge. A hundred floors and a hundred challenges await the worthy. To the victor goes a Wish of Unlimited Power. Cayden Caros yearned to play that game, but the Terms and Conditions barred anyone under sixteen from entering. Forced to wait two years, Cayden researched, practiced, and prepared. It would take a lot to catch up to players with such an enormous head start. Lucky for him, he was a special type of gamer — a SpeedRunner.

From the moment Cayden set foot in the Tower, nothing went according to plan. A unique skill, new friends, and the wrath of an ultra-wealthy lunatic were just some of the complications. Now a special event has trapped him and dozens of other players inside, squaring them off against a murderous army of stone-faced warriors. To survive, they'll have to leverage personal power and the power of the Elan alike — building castles, raising armies, and answering one real question: how good is a self-proclaimed RPG nerd at turn-based strategy?