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Surviving Phase One was the first step in Gabriel's journey. And it came with consequences. Gabriel is cast out into the wastes by his rival. Deadly desert, merciless raiders, and strange visions stand between him and The Crucible. Quitting isn't in Gabriel's character, but death seems to be his destiny. Hope glimmers from an unlikely source: You can trust a Deadman right? When the anomalous events around Gabriel prove to be more than the hallucinations of a sunbaked mind, his whole world flips. These powers are dangerous, and he isn't the only one who thinks so.

Zander und seine Freunde stellen sich furchtlos der Gefahr, denn ein sicherer Respawn-Punkt verheißt Hoffnung. Nichts und niemand kann ihnen schaden oder sie vernichten. Schließlich ist alles nur ein Spiel – oder? Ein Spiel, bei dem sich die Protagonisten in einem uralten Hyperraumnetz bewegen und auf die unterschiedlichsten außerirdischen Zivilisationen treffen. Ein Spiel, wie es realistischer nicht sein könnte. Die Erde ist menschenleer. Das Schicksal der Menschheit ist unbekannt.

Adam and Kimberly Hall are enjoying a quiet suburban life with their daughter, Crystal, and their dog, Bowser, when an emergency message flashes on their phones: meteor impact imminent, seek immediate shelter. Minutes later, the shock wave rages through South Austin like a hurricane, and they’re left to pick up the pieces. As dusk begins to fall and horrific creatures come crawling out of the impact craters, they realize they’re under attack—and the attackers are not from Earth.

Los geht‘s! Ein neues, ultramodernes mobiles Spiel wartet auf dich! Nur noch zwei Tage bis zum Release! Sei der Beste und rette den Planeten! Wer kann die Invasion der Monster zurückschlagen, wenn nicht du? Hol dir jetzt schon die Prerelease-Version! Kein Text-Alert und keine Zahlung erforderlich. Welt der Verwandelten hat das menschliche Bewusstsein grundlegend verändert. Die unglaubliche Grafik, die selbst auf den primitivsten Smartphones läuft. Das intuitive Interface, das jedem den Einstieg ins Spiel ermöglicht. Die aggressive Marketingkampagne, die laufend brandheiße Game-News auf jeden Fernseher, jedes Telefon und jedes Tablet schickt.

Maximilian is the last of the noble Valevsky lineage. His entire family was put to death for an alleged attempt on the powerful Duke of Odoevsky, who had his eye set on the Valevsky's land. The young man managed to avoid execution, but not punishment. From here on out, he's condemned to life as a doomed soldier. The front line in the fight against the dark god Skron's mutated creatures. "Do or die"—that's the doomer motto that has been drilled into the last of the Valevsky's head. The Duke took everything from him but his honor and a thirst for revenge.

Jax Nolan bears the Mark of the Regressor and wields Regressors' Key. His mission, his duty: to change an already changed future. But something has gone wrong. Questions and missing comrades have brought him to the Dungeon of the Deepest Realm. Familiar paths tread towards uncertain destinations as Jax searches for the hidden path into the Underrealm and readies himself for the ascension promised by the great spirit, Amarath. He'll need it if he's to free his friends and take back the power that was promised.

Die LitRPG-Saga geht weiter! Altai hat es geschafft, im Limbus zu überleben und den begehrten Zugang in die Grüne Zone erhalten, aber das ist nur der Anfang einer neuen Reise. Dank der Errungenschaft "Arm des Gesetzes" kann der ehemalige planetare Sturmsoldat darauf hoffen, eines Tages Rhapsodie verlassen zu können. Vielleicht, wenn er Glück hat... Aber das liegt noch in weiter Ferne. Denn der Besuch im Elysium ist nur eine kurze Atempause, bevor der Wettlauf mit dem Tod aufs Neue beginnt.

Der ultimative Gamer-Geheimtipp: Verbinde zwei Hobbys – Lesen und Zocken – mit LitRPG. Lena, eine talentierte junge Biochemikerin, wird nach ihrem Oktoberfestbesuch Opfer eines Überfalls. Statt im Krankenhaus aufzuwachen, findet sie sich als NSC in einem Computerspiel wieder, ohne Zugang zu den Menüs oder die Möglichkeit, sich auszuloggen. Als Stallmagd in einer faszinierenden Fantasy-Welt muss sie nun neue Begleiter für Helden züchten: Ratten, Einhörner und Raptoren. Dabei hasst Lena es schon, bei Freunden das Katzenklo zu säubern.

Genesis Online has added a new feature that allows players to purchase land and build homes or businesses. Using the gold he collected while fighting Itrix, Kevin buys a plot of land with visions of creating a settlement that will help him make money playing the game. He plans to buy a neural interface, hoping it will help with his recovery from the accident that left him unable to walk. Unfortunately, other players, both within his guild and outside of it, have other plans.

At seventeen years of age, Renan Saneris was still waiting for a talent to come up. While everyone around him got a Class and could move on with their life, he was still waiting for Fate to finally tell him what would become of him. He tried his hand at Smithing, Sword Fighting, and even at being an Artisan, but he never got many results for his efforts. One day, however, when he’s messing around in his father’s forge, etching small symbols into a blade as a gift for his best friends Yana, the glyphs start glowing and awaken something in him.

Никто не в курсе, что наша жизнь игра. Пришельцы давно захватили нашу планету и всех подключили к виртуальному миру. Но однажды случился сбой в системе и одного человека выбросило из игры. Спустя годы обучения в убежище Исха вернулся в нее, правда уже как опытный взломщик. Прокачавшись до высокого уровня, он поставил себе цель освободить человечество.

It’s 2112 and war between nations has become a spectator sport. Soldiers are now gamers who live and die based on the outcome of the match, and every four years a worldwide MegaDeath tournament gives countries a chance to air their grievances. This year, however, an enterprising company has made it possible for ordinary citizens to bet their lives on their country’s team. Winning players will become national heroes, but losers will be responsible for the deaths of millions of their fellow citizens.

After the collapse of the known world, Rowan Wilder opened his eyes and found himself on the first floor of the Tower. With a flawless memory and a mere eight cards to his name, he must venture out and prepare himself for the coming calamity.

The return to the city of goblins draws ever closer but Ivan Susanin's survival hangs in the balance. It is more than just the monsters. The capture of the Dungeon, creation of the Minor Altar and growth of the Cult of Heresy has attracted the attention of the Earth gods. The number of contenders for the grand prize is growing, hostile gods are joining the race, and the existence of an independent candidate is unacceptable. Nevertheless, the gods cannot sentence one of the Alliance leaders and the strongest player on Earth to death. 

Some seek power. Some seek justice. Others seek to root out the filth lurking in the darkest of corners. Spot was summoned from his comfortable charging pad and familiar floors to a world of magic and intrigue. But after the flight of his new patrons, he is left alone to care for a filthy castle...

I guess trying to catch the bus with your laces undone isn’t such a smart decision after all… One fatal collision later, and I’m facing my judgment. As it turns out, I’ve been a lazy sob, and my short, uneventful life of playing games and getting up late wasn’t worth much. And so I don’t qualify to move on to the afterlife. I try to argue to the goddess in front of me that I do have skills, that it was hard work playing those simulation and management games. But she will not concede. In the end, I manage to get the benefit of the doubt, and a wager is made.

In questa raccolta di racconti, tre narrazioni ad altissimo potenziale corrosivo, Nicoletta Vallorani, tra le migliori autrici di fantascienza italiana, ci riporta alle tipiche atmosfere del noir e cyberpunk, che fanno da sfondo e cornice alla nostra realtà contemporanea. Tra loschi suq milanesi e traffici illegali di organi e dati, ecco prendere forma un moderno “catalogo di orrori assortiti, […] signore rifatte, omologhi erotici e synthafreak a quintali.”

Jay Luckrun has many interests: street dancing, anime, action movies, comedy, and dashing across rooftops to the point where his bullies nicknamed him Rooftop Weirdo. After struggling to confront his untouchable high school crush at her seventeenth birthday party, Jay adds another interest to his list—Dungeon Crawling in the face of the apocalypse. Jay meets a divine creature who chooses him to become a Champion. Someone with a leveling System, stats, skills, access to other dimensions containing dungeons filled with supernatural loot, and magical powers that’ll alter reality as they know it.

The Minerva Sierra Challenge is a grueling spectacle, the cyborg’s Tour de France. Rich thrill seekers with corporate sponsorships, extensive support teams, and top-of-the-line exoskeletal and internal augmentations pit themselves against the elements in a daylong race across the Sierra Nevadas. Marmeg Guinto doesn’t have funding, and she doesn’t have support. She cobbled her gear together from parts she found in rich people’s garbage and spent the money her mother wanted her to use for nursing school to enter the race.

She'll carve out a place for herself in a world changed by a System, conquering zombies, dungeon bosses, and worse, all while fast-traveling on a yacht.