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The 33-year old game designer Dex Walsh spends an entire year devoured by sorrow after the death of his wife. As a last-ditch effort to regain his joy, he sells everything and joins Overtaken Online. Expecting to spawn in a noob-friendly area with guidance from his personal assistant, he instead finds himself naked and alone in a dark prison cell rapidly filling with gas.

Apophis, the reborn god-king of the Aternien Empire has unleashed the Neural Nexus, demonstrating its terrifying ability to destroy entire planets. General Carter Rose, along with Master Commander Carina Larsen and the crew of the Longsword Ascalon, are still reeling from the weapon’s apocalyptic power. Joining forces with the Old Aterniens is Carter’s best chance of formulating a defense, but Apophis is not his only problem. Any alliance with the Union’s old enemy is certain to draw the ire of Cyrus Duvall and his powerful Humans First movement.

Alex is a Glitch Hunter, member of a house of monster hunters that possess mysterious bracers allowing them to see the world with the interface of a video game. Even with the edge that offers, most Glitch Hunters die young, thrown by quests into areas of deadly conflict. Alex's first quest draws him to a city with a grisly past, and unless he can discern truth from lies in time, an even darker future.

In this fifth and final book in the series, Dex and Frida dive back into OVERTAKEN ONLINE, after a month out in the real world. They are met by a realm in shambles. Frequent tornadoes plague the planet, leaving destruction in their wake; the daemonorgs are amping up the pressure after the loss of the Colossus; and decisions made by Commander Darius while Dex was away have massively derailed their chances of winning the war.

Gamers are celebrities. Superstars. Idols to the masses. Only a few ever make it out of Piper's Mill, most toil their lives away in the small town just dreaming of a better life. Liam thought he had a comfortable life all worked out when it winds up wrenched away from him. Drawn into other's schemes to hack the game and steal some spotlight he never expects to find himself playing in a game nobody has ever heard of.

Dale wanted to do more than survive as a dungeon core. His experience with the gods made it clear that with power, he could do as he pleased, and without it, he was simply a toy of the powerful. Unfortunately, it isn't just the gods who have plans for the Traveling Dungeon. Follow Dale as he tries to create his own little world, study magic, enchant devices, and create challenges for the gods and an (Arch-Mage). All while trying to keep Miss Blue-Box happy.

After the cataclysmic events on Manticore Four, Star Scavengers Hudson and Tory return to Earth to plan their next move. The alien superbeing known as Goliath has returned, and the only way to stop its murderous rampage is to find the crystals of power before it does.

From book 1: Paul's been having a bad day, perhaps one of the worst days he's ever had. And now into the middle of all this, his instructor just got drafted by some mystical goddess to help save a world... From book 2: Coyote has a new task for Paul, one that involves him traveling north hundreds of miles over the post-apocalyptic landscape of California, the place that Paul once called home... From book 3: Coyote has one final task for Paul, the one that is the whole reason Coyote shanghaied him here in the first place.

Tharis doesn’t know who he is, what he is, or what he will do. All he knows is that he must fight and kill, as that is what his IRL player tells him to do. Soon, Tharis realizes he can taste, feel, and even think on his own! With life becoming more real every second, Tharis finds that he can take control of his own destiny - literally - against the will of his creator. Yet, all decisions have consequences, and with awareness comes the fear of death. And for Tharis...there is no respawn.

In a world divided into four territories, each with their own unique sun, color, race, and culture, Esh is born and abandoned in the cruelest of all. The red territory of Reah. A land in which every day is an absolute struggle for survival. One day, an elderly man discovers the boy mortally wounded on the side of the ash-filled streets and takes pity on him, a kindness unknown in the land of Reah. Then, using violent and unorthodox training, he teaches the boy the skills necessary to endure the harshness of the territory. Skills of a master assassin. Combat. Sorcery. Alchemy. All is going well until a dark and forgotten energy finds its way into young Esh's body. Wreaking havoc on his mind, it threatens to drag his spirit into darkness.

They think we’re beaten. They’re so wrong. I am Captain Taylor Ray. Still reeling from the revelations of the Hedalt threat, my new ally -Commander Sarah Sonner - and I must pull off a daring heist to steal a vital piece of black-market tech from a heavily-guarded Way Station. Without it we have no hope of putting the contingency fleet together and no hope of fighting back against the Hedalt.

Starting out from Deimos Station near Mars, Hudson and Liberty take the Orion to a new portal world. But Logan Griff, and mercenaries Cutler Wendell and Tory Bellona, are still chasing them. This time, Griff wants more than just their heads. He wants the secret to finding new portals, too. Captured and imprisoned, Liberty must use all her skills and wits to escape a life of service to the Council, the galaxy’s deadliest criminal gang. But she discovers an ally in the most unlikely place.

The Union is on the verge of total collapse. Apophis, the Serpent God King of the Aternien Empire, stands ready to complete his mission and consume the remaining Union worlds, starting with Terra Prime - Earth. With no other option, the president declares his intention to surrender. But Apophis craves only destruction and revenge. Yet, deep beneath the desert sands of Egypt, hope sparks. The last Master Officers, led by Carter Rose and Carina Larsen, haven't given up.

Still desperate to find Liberty Devan, Hudson Powell travels to a new portal world: Chrome One. Illegally claimed by the Relic Guardian Force, Hudson senses Logan Griff’s involvement. If he can find his scumbag former training officer then maybe he can find Liberty and the crystal too. Meanwhile, Morphus travels to a powerful alien relic called the Telescope in order to learn the location of Goliath. But without the alien crystal, stolen by Logan Griff, there is no hope of defeating the great ship.

In the aftermath of Operation Serpent, Master Commander Carina Larsen must face the consequences of her actions. Relieved of duty and separated from the Longsword Ascalon and her crew, she awaits her fate when disaster strikes. The devious plan masterminded by the Aternien Serpent God, Apophis, is coming to fruition, and the remaining planets of the Union are thrown into chaos and disarray.

After Dex Walsh rescued the Warrior-Medic Frida and the Battle-Marine Hiko, and they together saved a community of mutated beings from a sudden daemonorg attack, they’re now finally able to escape the filthy Prison-Lab. Having felt the daemonorgs’ macabre ingenuity and brutal power on their own bleeding bodies, Dex and his companions see only one solution to stopping these horrific beasts from devouring the entire planet.

Who the hell is Virgonius Simp? To answer this all-important question, Sam must venture through the world of Somerset one last time. Of course, he isn’t exactly a willing participant, but Grem Lynn, queen of the gremlins, doesn’t really give him much choice. Tasked with destroying a conspiracy to overthrow her Grempire – get it? – Sam sets out with his odd group of people and talking animals.

Sam is back and better than ever! Just kidding. His life still sucks. Dragged into the video-game-like world of Somerset, he is constantly having his patience and sanity tested by the world's sheer tropiness and unoriginality. Like, for example, how Princess Willow of the East was kidnapped just a few hours after asking for his help in saving her kingdom. Or, how seemingly no one, including the all-powerful Adventurers Guild, can do anything about it.

Mark's job seems pretty dull, working as an investigator into crimes committed against Church property, theft of holy objects, vandalism; nothing terribly exciting but he does get to travel the world. That's just the window dressing. Mark does work for the Church, but as an elite member of a thousand year old secret society that hunts down devils, demons, and other evils. His job is not just to find them, but to remove, dispel, or kill them: He's on the front lines of the secret ongoing war between Heaven and Hell.

With hopes of finding a way to save his friend from a slow death, Esh dares the dangerous skies to cross the Endless Sea to the Fifth Territory of Auroth. It is here he discovers an entirely new race, one that relies heavily on a powerful sorcery of which he’s never heard: the Radiance. It is this Radiant energy that offers Esh hope that Barish can be saved, yet his hopes are dashed when he learns the source of this power, the Lambent Heart, has been stolen. Not only does the fate of his best friend lie on his shoulders, but now, so do the souls of an entire civilization....