Fantasy Online

Accepting that they may be stuck on Aetheria for good, Zander and company take to the roads, honing their skills, clearing dungeons, and adding familiars to their growing repertoire. They choose to embrace a life of adventure, living by the blade and enjoying all of the wonders that this strange new realm has to offer. But a new threat looms in the shadows, and a fated encounter awaits that may shake Zander to his core...

As Murmur reels in the wake of the secret her friends tried to keep, her grip on what is real and what is virtual begins to slip. What's more, she's no longer sure whom she can trust. Stalked across the continent by a rogue with a vendetta, Murmur is forced to dig deep and develop her abilities before she finds a knife in her back. Suspicion surrounds the AIs as well. Their behaviors are too human, their reports too perfect. Shayla and Laria must uncover the truth before the system raises concerns and Murmur is lost forever.

To earn a second chance at life, Devrim Bains must die and enter a virtual world of monsters and mayhem. Let's just hope one death is all it will take, because he can't afford another.

Taking the day off work to surprise Andy with a ticket to the hottest fantasy VRMMORPG, Emma returns home to find his cheating ass in bed with her sister. Throwing them both out, Emma sits slugging back the wine they’d just shared. Drunk and devastated she almost blows his gift, but watching the adverts for the amazing fantasy world depicting monster’s mayhem and adventure, Emma keys in her name and details - Akillia-F-22 - and decides to take on Puatera Online.

Living in a virtual game world sounds like the ultimate dream. Plenty of action, intrigue, and guess who gets to be the big hero? But what happens when that digital reality gets flipped on its head? Bad guys are after your sweet loot, your fancy title is loaded with unrealistic expectations, and achieving such a high level comes with a big fat target on your back. Something has to give, so when a new crusader faction rolls into town, Talon senses an opportunity.

Kevin was a young man enjoying his college life when a car jumped the curb and crippled his body. Unable to support himself and dependent on others to meet his needs, Kevin was slipping into depression when his best friend convinced him to play a new game called Genesis Online. The concept was simple: a revolutionary artificial intelligence controlled the game world and adapted it to the actions of the players. Even the developers didn't know what course the game could take as it evolved.

Jack was enjoying life as a broke snowboarding instructor in Lake Tahoe until an accident happened. Due to a hospital mix up, his life takes a novel turn, and he ends up inside New Lands Online...as its first ever digital human. He never signed up to be the main character in an ultra-realistic virtual-reality game where bodily functions are as real as can be and he has to learn new skills to survive.

Jack defeated the hideous monster in the Three Rivers and then left for Carthun, a new land where he might be able to meet characters...like himself. In the small village, everyone he’d met was an NPC. Despite that, he'd made friends and learned a great deal. Arriving in Carthun, Jack quickly makes friends with a few characters, and together they form a party. In the game world, Jack knows knowledge is power, and the more he learns, the better equipped he’ll be the next time somebody comes after him.

When James' greatest accomplishment leads to the worst day of his life, he turns to the one thing that never lets him down: Glorian Online, the world's greatest completely immersive MMORPG. But a chance encounter with an old acquaintance takes things from bad to worse, and even his beloved character, Crios Truelight, the Hero of Carrandor, must struggle to survive as his world crumbles around him.

The High Priestess swoops overhead, wreaking havoc on the elven forest below. A battalion of enemy forces stand ready to engage Gemini Fowler and the elves. The truce between the gods has been broken, and retribution must be visited on the offenders. The stakes have been raised, but Gemini has a plan.

Eric McCaffrey has come face-to-face with the developers of Battlegrounds Online. They have shown up at his doorstep. He's used to seeing those faces in the game, not inside his apartment. He knew the game had been physically affecting him. Turns out he was right, and Hastech wants to run some tests. Battlegrounds Online was designed as a training simulator for the military. They want to know why Eric is being affected.

Dahlia muss die Rechnungen ihres toten Vaters begleichen oder ihr Leben in den Lithiumminen riskieren. Und das...nein danke. Außerdem wird die Welt von der Technik regiert, und die Gamerin ist fest entschlossen, die virtuelle Welt, von der ihr Vater so besessen war, zu erkunden und dabei reich zu werden. Also verkauft sie alles und mietet eine hochwertige VR Kapsel, um Eternal Online zu spielen.

I MADE IT OUT ALIVE. I'd earned my right to escape. The first boss was dead. FREEDOM. Yet, the pain remains. It's not over. I LOGGED BACK IN. Things are different. I fight not only for strangers... NOW I FIGHT FOR FRIENDS. The hacker took someone precious. I'm not leaving until he is defeated.

The day has come. The world's first truly immersive VR-MMO is indistinguishable from real life. One million copies are sent out and one million log in. But things go wrong. Players don't respawn when killed, and their violent deaths seem all too real. Because they are. No one can log out. The button is gone. In the real world those wearing the headsets are found dead. One by one, day by day, thousands die.

An einen Vertrag mit Mortis gebunden, versucht Sebastian sich in der Zwischenwelt zu behaupten und gleichzeitig einen Plan zu entwickeln, wie er nicht nur die Schöpferin überlisten, sondern ganz Kalderak vor seinem Geschöpf Lord Rahles retten kann. Dieser greift mit seiner Armee aus Wiederbelebten nach der Herrschaft. Wer sich ihm nicht freiwillig unterwirft, wird vernichtet. Gottmodus und die anderen versuchen mit aller Macht, seinen Siegeszug aufzuhalten.

Ein beschauliches Leben in Tirnsee – das ist genau das, was Sebastian nach dem Verlust des Alphacharakters braucht, um wieder auf die Beine zu kommen. Auf Kalderak, der Insel im Weißen Ozean ist zwar Ruhe eingekehrt, doch nicht in Sebastians Lebens: Gottmodus liegt ihm damit in den Ohren, dass er endlich wieder anfangen soll zu leveln und wäre das nicht schon nervig genug, plagen ihn Albträume, in denen er von einer unbekannten Stimme umgarnt wird. Auch der Gedanke an Christoph und daran, was aus ihm geworden ist, lassen Sebastian nicht los.

Anstelle in einer virtuellen Welt irgendwelchen Monstern und Quests hinterherzujagen, wäre es ihrer Meinung nach sinnvoller, die Probleme in der realen Welt zu lösen. Logisch, dass das von Julia kommen musste, schließlich war sie Umweltaktivistin. Da kommt der Campingausflug, den Sebastian jährlich mit seinen Freunden plant, gerade recht. Perfekt, um sich abzulenken und mithilfe seiner Freunde doch noch in die virtuelle Welt eintauchen zu können. Doch worauf sich Sebastian seit Tagen gefreut hat, entwickelt sich durch den Genuss eines Kräuterabsuds für schamanistische Rituale zum Horrortrip.

Nachdem er monatelang in einem Videospiel gelebt hat, erhält Clay nun die seltene Gelegenheit, sich auszuloggen. Allerdings gibt es ein Problem: Die KI-Wächter des Spiels sind selbst zur Erde geflohen. Und nun steht das Schicksal aller auf dem Spiel.

Anpu hat unsere unerschrockenen Helden damit beauftragt, den nächsten Teil des Verschlingers aus den Tiefen der Verbotenen Hügelgräber zu bergen, aber der Zugang zum Dungeon unterliegt strengen Regeln. Um überhaupt eine Audienz bei den Elfenpriestern zu bekommen, die ihnen ihre Hilfe versprochen haben, muss ausreichend Ansehen erworben werden. Jedoch hält eine große Spielergilde die meisten der verfügbaren Quests zurück, um Ansehen zu erlangen - das wird also eine verdammt harte Sache.

Sie kamen aus der Tiefe... und mit dem ersten großen Inhaltspatch für Sosaku Online. Ein vergessener Kult aus den Tiefen des Ozeans hat die einst glorreiche Stadt Sehkem in Schutt und Asche gelegt und ihr Volk über das ganze Imperium verstreut.