Dystopian Litrpg

* Gamify Your Life with Superhero Strength, Dexterity or Constitution! * More War II, 150 years ago, marked the collapse of the United States. In its wake, the Mega-City System was born. It’s a democratic republic. Capitalist. Consumerist. Creative. A world not so different from the one that came before, only a dozen iterations better! Better Tech. Smarter Government. Award-Winning Content. Gains in genomics make ability upgrades in strength, dexterity or constitution an option for every Citizen. That gives you the privilege of participating in the Mega-City’s greatest pastime: ...

Car Wars Meets Mad Max! Conquering a new world while raising a baby? Sure, why not. After consolidating power on an apocalyptic snow world, Scout once again needs to use her wits to survive and continue growing her virtual empire. With Harrison, Missy, and countless others by her side, she jumps into action on the harsh desert world. She controls one of twelve tribes battling for resources and total domination. Eleven against one? Tough as nails! Scout uses her advanced leadership skills to form a rebellion. The plan goes well enough until she learns the startling truth about Axel, the ...

In the sun-scorched future of 2442, survival takes the form of a game—Krieg Chess. More than a simple board game, it's a high-tech fusion of strategy and combat, demanding intellect and brute force in equal measure. Players wield advanced technologies and unearth latent abilities, transforming from pawns to knights, rooks to kings in a brutal ballet of power and progression. Against this backdrop emerge two extraordinary players: Charoen and his sister, Jessie, refugees from a camp outside Oslo, lifted from obscurity by the enigmatic billionaire Virgil.

What are you supposed to do when the whole world joins forces against you? Give up, find some hole to duck into, and beg for your life to be spared? But even despite how obvious the answer to that question might be, many an adult had been dashed on the rocks 12-year-old Tailyn Vlashich was supposed to climb. Ahead of him lay a secret laboratory belonging to the ancients; behind was a horde headed by his sworn enemy. But through it all, Tailyn had those who loved him, those who believed in him, and that support was enough to carry him to the ends of the Earth.

“When you die people cry and beg for you to come back. But, when you do, there's the running and the screaming….” Ethan and Chloe leave their apartment in the city. To spend the weekend at Ethan’s family cabin in the mountains. It’s the first time his fiancé Chloe will meet his whole family. It's just a family reunion during a Total Eclipse. What could possibly go wrong. No one starts their day expecting the end of the world to be on that day. Maybe more people should. Even someone like Ethan, a former Army Ranger who owns a Private Security Firm with his friend John. Constantly ...

For Grey, life was in a good place. He'd just finished his service and had settled into a job he loved. But the difference between a good place, and a great place lays in the adventure. And Grey? Grey has so much more adventure in front of him. An adventure that starts with a chance encounter with a young woman named Billie at Mrs. Butterson's Buttery Bakery and Bistro, where he worked, and they quickly bond over warm treats and cinnamon rolls. Billie has a secret, and it's more than just a love of sugary things.

In a world devastated by a relentless zombie outbreak, seasoned veteran John Mcgammon fights to protect what remains of humanity alongside his band of private security operatives. As they prepare for a pivotal client meeting with their fortified armored vehicles, ominous events unfold—mysterious crashes and the horrifying transformations of loved ones into ravenous smilers signal a more sinister threat. Battling not just the undead but also secrets buried deep within the chaos, John must confront terrifying realities and ensure the safety of Firebase Alpha, the sanctuary he has built. As ...

A shipwreck on an isolated island. No food. No comforts. And only one player wins. Jack’s back, and in the thrilling conclusion to the End-User Jack series, his nemesis Mr. Smiley has thrown him into the deadliest contest yet. He’s up against a new game set in an unforgiving wilderness against a dozen adversaries competing to be the last player standing. But Jack is here to bring it all down. If he doesn’t defeat the game’s mad host, the tower will fall. It’s a final collision between the virtual and real as Jack fights to uncover Starvation Island’s biggest secret—the ...

Daniel Thrush is the only known human with the ability to learn the magic which runs the various empires of the universe. Earth is in the crosshairs of the Tellask Empire, a race that discovered magic millennia before humanity even mastered fire. All known aliens focus on the arcane. Upon learning of magic, their technological progress all but halted as great voidships spread their colonies across the galaxy. For all of Earth's military might, their only hope is to incorporate the alien's magic into technology, to use the enemy's own tools to fight them.

These were dark times for Tailyn Vlashich, the 12-year-old alchemist. He'd been banished from the empire. The academy had summarily dismissed him. A deadly killer had been dispatched to hunt him. He'd been dropped all the way down to level one. But while there weren't many adults who would have been able to cope with the litany of problems Tailyn was facing, they weren't him. And he had help - two mentors, his girl, and a friend.

My arrival in the capital saw me accused of murdering the little Prince, and being taken into custody. Now I'm facing life in exile on Freedom Island—a prison island, where the most horrible criminals in the entire Empire end up: from Faceters and Black-Bookmen to murderers and rapists. An island from which, according to rumor, only three people have ever managed to escape.

No escape. No memories. And there’s a killer on the loose. When Jack and nine other game contestants awaken outside a mansion with no way to log out, the countdown begins. Solve a murder. Only one winner gets to leave. It’s a race against time, collecting clues scattered throughout the estate. Each riddle uncovered is a step closer to Jack understanding the truth of why he’s there, but with every passing hour, the game adapts with new threats. As alliances form, secrets unravel. Jack must use every ounce of his wits to decipher the case and learn who among the contestants he can trust...

Scyth - im Inferno als Tiefling Hakkar und Decanus der schwächsten Legion bekannt - muss sich eine Audienz bei Prinz Belial in Ruby City verschaffen, um die Kohle des Höllenfeuers in die Hände zu bekommen. Seine Freunde sind auch nicht untätig: Crag, der wieder Mitglied der Erwachten geworden ist, macht sich auf den Weg nach Terrastera, um herauszufinden, wie eine Nether-Spalte kreiert wird. Infect bricht zur Lakharianischen Wüste auf, um nach dem Schlüssel für die Instanz zu graben, die er dort vor einiger Zeit gefunden hatte. Bomber ist zum Unterwasser-Königreich der Naga unterwegs.

Hoodwink reunites with Ari and Tanner as the Satori mothership bears down on Ganymede. Meanwhile, Amoch's army plots death and destruction on the Inside, drawing much needed resources away from the battle against the aliens. Desperate times require desperate plans. Are Hoodwink, Ari and Tanner up for the task? Of course they are. That is, until a few old enemies show up. The Forever Gate Saga - a mind-bending thrill ride that explores what it means to be human. For fans of science fiction, fantasy, and LitRPG. ***New to the series? Buy The Forever Gate Bundle (Books 1 - 5) and save: http://...

When it comes to instigating an apocalypse, it's been a promising start for Truth Medici. But to really get things rolling, he has a monumental undertaking ahead of him: break the systems that keep the immortal Starbrite alive and finally shatter the source of his power. Invisible and impervious to magic, Truth is the one man capable of decapitating the mastermind behind the wicked system controlling his world.

What happens when we die? The answer to this question becomes personal for a teenage boy who named himself, "Schmendrick," when he is reborn in a world called the Sanctum. As a Reborn, he is thrust into an unforgiving society splintered between the Gifted, those blessed with Aether-fueled Powers, and the Powerless, who are treated as outcasts and forced to live in the dangerous Recovered Land. When Schmendrick discovers a hidden secret in Rezdi City and the system seeks his capture and extermination, the teenager is forced to leave Rezdi City and makes his way to the wasteland known as The ...

Moment mal! Was meinst du damit, dass dein Charakter verflucht ist? Er verrottet bei lebendigem Leib? Du machst Witze, oder? Obwohl... Könnte es nicht auch eine einmalige Chance sein? Oh, und dass die KI des Spiels mich jetzt als potenzielle globale Gefahr eingestuft hat, kann nur eins bedeuten: Wir sind noch nicht am Ende! Es ist das Jahr 2074. Alex ist ein 15-jähriger Schüler, der davon träumt, Weltraum-Reiseführer zu werden. Das Einzige, was ihn interessiert, sind die Sterne.

Staying on the Rings of Hydra will kill David Hagen… So might escaping them. To say “life is tough” for this hard-working Class-b mechanic would be one hell of an understatement. No matter how much he slaves away, a few things never change. His family is moved from one dumpy little cube to the next after the hunger riots destroy his home. There’s never enough food. The string of government-mandated jobs gets worse and worse, and he’s tired of living in filth and soot. To top it all off, his wife is dying from the “salt death.” After being promised a new home, only to have that...

Nachdem Alex nach Cali Bottom und ins große Disgardium zurückgekehrt ist, muss er feststellen, dass die Dämonischen Spiele verglichen mit den Problemen, die jetzt auf ihn warten, ein Kinderspiel waren. Die Betatester sitzen nach wie vor im Nether fest, er muss entscheiden, was mit seinen Freunden passieren soll, die ihn "verraten” haben, es gilt, einen wahren Verräter zu identifizieren, und er ist gezwungen, sich auf den bevorstehenden Staatsbürgerschaftstest vorzubereiten. Zudem muss er ins Inferno gelangen, um die Kohlen des Höllenfeuers zu beschaffen und den Nukleus zu vernichten.

Programmer Joe Norton awakes to an alternate reality, courtesy of an AI mind-control virus, a crash course in tough love. Is there someone to blame—Moira, his office mates, the honchos from head office? Get used to it, chum: the only way out is to go further in. Caught between worlds, with a mission to kill and a menu of false choices, Norton must find his way back to the home brain, and the promise of a new life, before the bug spreads. Published in an earlier edition as PsyBot, Chameleon is recast in Vancouver in 1992. More than a retro reboot of the cyberpunk era, this timely dive into...