After being kidnapped and thrown into a VRMMORPG, 17-year-old Suzuki Mato must find the line between his real and in-game personalities before it kills him. ***** Following the death of his popular online persona, seventeen-year-old Suzuki Mato decides it's time to retire from professional VR gaming. However, his plans are abruptly cut short when he's kidnapped from his high school and forced to be a guinea pig for Genaco Gaming, the world's largest esports and entertainment company. Armed with nothing but his wit and a new online persona, he's thrown headfirst into the virtual reality of "Live No Evil," a VRMMORPG littered with overpowered bosses, secretive NPCs, and backstabbing gods. His mission? Find a way to conquer this new world and get back at the company that took over his life, all while avoiding 'Parallel' -- a condition that would make it impossible to separate his real and virtual personalities. Because in a world obsessed with VR gaming, Parallel means death, and Suzuki just doesn't have time for that... [Parallel Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 out now, Vol. 3 coming soon] Content/Trigger Warning: some transphobic language

A gateway to a long-awaited, always-online virtual island (an 'Autonomous World' or 'Permaworld') has opened for those who've found a key. This includes Dan Harvester, a guy who lives in a run-down apartment with his cat and runs a gaming channel. He's almost done playing and testing VR games, but this one could be his final chance to - truly - level up. What can it promise to him, and all its very first 'pioneers'? 'Fountellion'...is said to be 'natural' game-world, a N.E.P. world (Naturally-Evolving PermaWorld) full of artificial life that mimics the laws of our own natural world, with its shaping force of evolution. The game promises to be more than an open-world survival experience, for there are seven 'Insights' scattered and every player can find their own path to them. How much will Dan be changed, by his own search? A game-within-a-game or a simulated homage to the natural world? A complete vision of a 'metaverse' design which overgrows or salvages addicted players? There is only one way to find out: Tune in and experience Dan's 'avalogs'. For only by completing them and the fragments from the development, may you too discover the vision and legacy of 'Fountellion'... Notes: Please be aware this is speculative sci-fi, and includes outlines for an actual game-world within the story. The project is also decentralised and open source. Website is: https://ade-m-campbell.gitbook.io/fountellion-in-the-spiral-origin-nfts/ Interested in nature games and dev? Please get involved, on Twitter etc... Read also the prequel: 'In THE SPIRAL: Connected Stories & Fragments from a Virtual Future.' And in 2023: 'Through Fountellion: A Personal Story of an 'Ultimate' Game'.... Talk to Greenwise CHATBOT.... the AI / NPC himself via 'Character . AI' and POE.....

(FREE on Amazon) "The darkest shadows hide beneath the brightest lights." Estra would never forget the night she lay in smoldering ash and watched while everything she loved was consumed by fire. Once a pious young woman living a peaceful life in service to the enlightened, everything changed when her convent was burned down by followers of the profane sorceress Helena the Defiler. Scarred by the events of the horrifying massacre, Estra joined the church as a warrior of the faith where she was tasked with using her newfound abilities to strike down the heretics that plague the world of Eldrin. That once broken woman has grown into a powerful figure of justice, and through her duty, she's found a sense of fulfillment in protecting the innocent. As a holy warrior, Estra is supposed to be seen as a symbol of virtue in the eyes of others, but buried deep within her soul is a forever growing thirst for vengeance against the demons of her past. When she's finally given the assignment of purging those responsible for her suffering, Estra embarks on a journey which reveals that the world isn't as black and white as she'd been led to believe. *** Don't forget to vote, comment, & follow! *** (Please leave a review on the books Amazon and/or Goodreads page) (Exclusive content available at nygeloglesby.wordpress.com)

In a dark and deep land lives young Marjorie, a woman desperate for something more than her conventional life in her tiny village, Core. She aches for something dangerous, something like the dark forest, Mirkwood, which borders her home. Yet, there is a curse which haunts her people: a Wolf. For the last eighteen years, he takes one innocent life. Fate seems to change at the hands of Vivian, a Wardeness who promises Core a safe passage through Mirkwood. For a moment, Marjorie has everything she has ever wanted: An escape from a fate set in stone... until the Wolf set its dark intentions on her. Now, she is forced to decide: Will she defeat the Wolf or will she willingly be devoured? __________________ The stranger turned to face her. This close, it was easy to see his handsome features. From his high cheekbones to his piercing gray eyes, he was unlike any sully-faced villager. Instead, he wore his beauty with a casual grace, as if he were clueless to the plumpness of his lips or the flat, smooth surface of his chest. "Am I a what?" The man cocked a thick, dark brow up. He pushed his right hand into the pocket of his trousers, but not before Marjorie caught a glimpse of the heavy jewels on his fingers. He drowned in an opulence few villagers could afford. "I take that as a no," she said. "What is your name, stranger?" He looked to her, and then his gaze traveled to where men and women continued to fling themselves around the heat of the bonfire. You don't belong here, she thought.

To save their world from destruction, humans discovered how to use magic, but now, decades afterwards, there weren't many people left that knew how to wield it. Life in Amext was peaceful, no wars were occurring between countries for new land, people who could still use magic were taught how to use it properly, everything was great. It wouldn't be long before all of that changed. Ancient forces began to return, led by a new threat, one more powerful than had ever been seen. Can five heroes save their world from being destroyed? Or will the ancient Lost Magic prove too uncontrollable to wield. (Book 1 of the Lost Magic Series.)

[Completed] The Royal Guard of the Empire has faithfully served Byzantia for nearly three centuries now. Hand picked from foreign lands, these guardsmen hold no political ties, carry no agendas, and bare no creeds except to those who sit upon the Onyx Throne. They are vanguards, protectors, loyalists. They are Vangen. Change has come to the Empire. An Empress sits upon the throne now, destroying any who would rebel against her with both fire and iron. To the east, her loyal Vangen work to quash the newest rebellion, until a letter arrives one day, marked with the Empresses seal. The contents within bare only dread and disturbance for the Guardsmen. The Black Ministry, the former Emperor's cabal of Sorcerers, have turned against the Empress. The Vangen's return is bittersweet. The city they once called home is now a battlefield, every street a choke-point. Every home a possible nesting ground for rebels. The Royal Guard will have to fight tooth and nail to put down the Ministry and protect the Empress, but the deeper they go, the harder the lines begin to blur. In a world where good and evil does not exist, where then does a man's loyalty lie? (Comments and Feedback are always appreciated)

Jasper Toledo is a college student who died and was reincarnated into his favorite video game. Calloway Calphius is an elf hero turned deity after he dissappeared from the City of Perils for 250 years. After 250 years an upstart guildmaster named Cal is instrumental in turning the City of Perils into the new Kingdom of Calphian. All three of these are the same man. Shayley O'heira Van Dravenkin is the warrior princess of the City of Perils. She developed the guild fortress known as the City of Perils into the Utopian City-state, known simply as the Pearly City, while waiting 250 for the return of her Fiance Calloway Calphius. With the aid of the Guildmaster Cal, she was able to reunite with the man she loved and grow the Pearly City into the Kingdom of Calphian. Ophelia is the cursed child of the Pearly City. She was orphaned and lost all hope for the future since she can only foresee bad things. A curious elf named Cal saved her from the streets and from herself. After her adoption she discovers that she is not cursed, she is an Oracle and becomes the mascot of the her Papa's new establishment an Adventurer's guild... and its attached maid cafe. Seamus is an Assassin turned Cabin boy and becomes apprenticed to Guildmaster Cal. But can the stiff teenager withstand the onslaught of teasing from his new master long enough to become a decent... whatever his master is training him to be? Join our cast in the the second installment of the Pearly Tales saga as they prepare for war, fight shadows, deal with relationships, beat the crap out of doors, and shape the new world with the power of friendship... ...okay I lied it's through piracy... ...and hijinks... ...and pirate hijinks. Good luck, and let me be the first to Welcome you into Calphian the Kingdom of Perils. Just as a note, this is the second volume in the Pearly Tales series. You can just pick this up and have a good time, but you'll miss a lot if you skip the first volume. Artwork by Clockbirds.

"I've been warned in my ten years in Faerie to never make bargains with the Folk, but I am the one who can lie. The Folk should be warned to never make bargains with me." Takes place right after The Wicked King! Exiled to the mortal world, Jude begins to lose hope of returning to Elfhame. And revenge is not the only thing she seeks, she will stop at nothing to get back what she has earned. One thing she has learned well being raised in Faerieland: trickery and bargains are almost just as deceiving as having the ability to lie. Cover Art by @darkandbeautifulart, used with permission. All characters and direct quotes belong to Holly Black.

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"It's not your fight," Fenris shouted loud enough to make Rory's ears ring. He glared at the clumsily wrapped fabric around her slender wrist, physical proof that he couldn't always keep her safe. "How many times do I need to tell you that?" "You're right," she hissed through her teeth. It burned-- the pain, it hurt like hell. "It's our fight." She glared at the Alpha. "So, start fighting." * Rory Ravencraft's life has been normal for the past five years, or as normal as it can be after her parents' sudden deaths. With her older sister, Amanda, they packed up their lives and tried to forget their hometown, Mirkwood, and all its secrets. Unfortunately, Rory's life is finally catching up with her. Fenris Ulfrich, the Alpha of Mirkwood, needs help. With each passing day, an unstoppable rage grows inside of him, one that only a Ravencraft can soothe. Despite his desperation, Rory and Amanda rather let the wolf rot than to help a pack responsible for their parents' passing. Unfortunately, fate had something else in mind as Rory discovers Fenris may be more than just a hopeless Alpha. cover by baneen121