Online Fiction

Ein epischer Arenakampf, in dem nur die beste Heldengruppe überleben wird. Der zweite Band von Mikkel Robrahns Fantasy-Serie über die Welt der Online-Rollenspiele. Als sich Avataris – die riesige Onlinewelt, in der die Menschen nach ihrem Tod weiterleben können – aus dem alles verschlingenden Feuer erhebt, ergreift die Helden der freien Völker eine ganz neue Kriegsbegeisterung. Eine Arena soll gebaut werden, in der sich die fähigsten Kämpfer miteinander messen werden. Für die meisten Heldengruppen heißt es Untergang oder Sieg. Also meistens: Untergang.

Loss was nothing new to an orphan like Riley. But when the online persona he'd spent years building was ripped away by a monster with unbelievable power, everything changed. As a gamer who made a living from Sigil Online, losing his character meant losing his job and any means he had of paying his bills. Now, he had to start from the beginning, just like any other player joining Sigil Online for the first time. All the fame and fortune of a high-level character was gone.

There's never enough time to really enjoy life, not when you're Russian Weapons Engineer Vlad Nardoir. Vlad has done a number of things in his short time in Eldgard. He's helped capture an Imperial fortress, defeated a corrupted demigod, and created a Crafter's guild where all are welcome. But Vlad's greatest challenge is yet to come. With a timer counting down until the Vault of Souls changes locations, leaving him completely without a lead for its resting place, Vlad will need to battle against time, a powerful hidden evil, and his own internal darkness to destroy the vault in time.

Nun war es also so weit. Jetzt stand ich hier, am vereinbarten Treffpunkt und wartete. Ich hasse warten, aber ich bin ja auch viel zu früh hier. Wie mochte sie wohl aussehen, ich hatte überhaupt keine Vorstellung. Ich wusste nur ihren Namen: Karin. Aber trotzdem wusste ich schon so viel über sie. Sie teilte meine Vorliebe für erotische Geschichten und genauso hatten wir uns kennengelernt: In einer Newsgroup im Internet.

Noah Carver is still playing Sevenfold Sword Online, trying to find proof of the game's dangerous secret. Namely, that the game was built using dangerous technology taken from humanity's greatest enemy, technology that might give the enemy a way to return. But Carver hasn't found proof that will get the authorities to act. So when an old friend from the military offers help, Carver has no choice but to accept.

Dr. Liset Chen vowed to save her world from the Darklings' influence, but when divine will directs her to Ankara and the Fighting Pit of Kar'Kun—a coliseum that pits the Priest against monsters and other Travelers alike—she must win the tournament and successfully clear a dungeon rumored to be a gateway to Morsheim itself . . . one no team has returned from. With her lover on the rival team and only one respawn left, Liset must prove her conviction, leadership, and faith are enough to seize this last chance to eliminate a source of Darkling power, even if it risks her own damnation.

After rescuing a holy relic from Darklings, Liset the Blessed learns no good deed goes unpunished. The Temple of Areste has given her a day and a half to make a choice: be excommunicated for turning in the quest item or excommunicated for stealing it. Either way, she risks losing her hard-earned class as a Priestess of Gaia, and with it, her ability to heal the people of Viridian Gate Online.

La interminable lucha entre el bien y el mal puesta en escena en un relato sorprendente. Un hombre, el Dr Henry Jekyll, y un monstruo atormentado, Mr Hyde, guardan entre ellos una siniestra relación que pronto alcanzará ribetes de escándalo cuando se descubra que ambos, son una misma persona.

Edwin Morris has been playing Sakarn Online almost his whole life. In fact, most people have. While he considers himself a skilled player, he never could really find the time to take his game to the next level and pay the bills. After he is finally pushed over the edge with his job at Burger Planet, Edwin stumbles upon a man representing a game company called Stratus Labs.

Coral joined the immersive virtual reality video game Travail Online because her waitressing job, like so many other jobs, was automated by a growing robot workforce. She starts as a Seamstress, hoping to craft useful clothing in-game to sell for real life cash. The game, however, has other ideas. She soon discovers a knack for peeling the skins off creatures she never thought she'd lay hands on and crafting grotesque wearables from them instead.

Bilda FOH Smartown has the biggest civilization in Avila. He brings in billions in ad revenue. Everything is branded. For instance, you can partake of a foamy ale in the Troll and Tourniquet pub - sponsored by Texatron Auto-air, the cheapest deals on the best air cars - or pull the lever at the High Summer Hangings - courtesy of Blue Bird Neon. Perhaps you’d like to sponsor a battle and ride with the fiercest centaurs, or hire a bard and seduce a princess. Everything and anything has a price tag in Bilda’s empire. Revenue is king, and coincidently, so is Bilda.

Renate Bergmann ist 82, vierfach verwitwet und fährt im Sommer quer durch die Stadt, um die Gräber ihrer Verflossenen zu gießen. Die restliche Zeit verbringt sie mit ihren besten Freundinnen Ilse und Gertrud, mit denen sie Schnäppchen jagt und sich bei fremden Beerdigungen durchfuttert. Als ihr Neffe ihr ein Smartphone schenkt, wagt sie sich in die Welt des "Onlein" und Internet – und unterhält bald tausende Fans mit ihren Weisheiten rund um Häkeldeckchen und Buttercremetorte.

Begleite James, unseren unerschrockenen Abenteurer, Streamer und Bug-Jäger, wenn er sich kopfüber in das erste echte VRMMORPG stürzt und die digitale Realität erforscht, die von den Entwicklern unter Verschluss gehalten wird. Keine Previews? Keine Infos zu Klassen oder Rassen vor dem Start? Was kann da schon schiefgehen? Vor allem, wenn du in dem vom alten Ägypten inspirierten Reich startest. Mit einem Charakter, der an einen D&D-Kleriker der alten Schule erinnert, nimmt James die Welt von Sosaku Online mit Speer, Schild und heiligem Feuer in Angriff.

Almost as exciting as the chance to have archeologist Brian Harris' dig sites modeled in an interactive virtual reality is the chance to alpha-test the newest Terramyr Online game for the company providing the tech. The arrangement is simple, test the game, play the main storyline, and report any glitches. In return, the game's main designer will render fully virtual models of the dig sites that will not only ensure Brian's successful graduation but set him up for life as he uncovers the secrets hidden within a trio of ancient Chilean volcanoes.

Jennifer Jane Watson has spent the past 10 Christmases in a maximum security prison. The last thing she expects is to get early parole along with a job on a secluded Canadian cattle ranch serving Christmas holiday dinners to three of the sexiest cowboys she's ever met! Rafe, Brady, and Dan thought they were getting a male ex-con to help out around their secluded ranch. The last thing they expect is an attractive and very appealing woman fresh out of prison. In the snowbound wilds of Northern Ontario, female companionship is rare. It's a good thing the three men like to share...

The year is 2043. God and Satan are dining at a cute little Italian trattoria in Purgatory, when Satan challenges God to a wager: At stake is whether Good or Evil will prevail in the world. Both antagonists will choose someone on earth to compete in a winner-take-all athletic competition. If God’s choice wins, Good will prevail forever. If Satan’s choice wins…. They select tennis as the ideal crucible in which to have this ultimate mano-a-mano sporting test of physical skills and inner strength.

Sex, guns, and a whole lot of chaotic fun fill the pages of this, the complete Echo Online trilogy, as we follow Buck go from the unassuming life of a single slightly nerdy chef to the polygamous hero of the virtual world Echo Online.

Kevin Matthews, a ten-year air force vet and PVP VR player, is dead. Whether it was murder or by accident, it no longer matters to him. You deal with what’s in front of you. He has now been reborn as an Orc in the VRMMO Avarice Online. Here, he must prove himself among the ranks of Ulgo Clan of orcs. Lead his lost clan-mates through the deep dark of the Undercaverns back home. Then claim a class of his own.

Sky Realms Online ist das größte und beliebteste Virtual Reality MMORPG aller Zeiten. Es spielt auf den mystischen schwebenden Inseln von Hankarth und Millionen von Spielern haben jede Stunde Spaß daran. Bis etwas schief geht. Ohne sich abmelden zu können, werden die Spieler auf Level 1 gesetzt und in die Startzone teleportiert. Sie erhalten eine kryptische Nachricht von den Entwicklern, dass sie aus unbekannten Gründen im Spiel gefangen sind und ihr Leben in der virtuellen Welt verbringen müssen.

Überall auf der Welt boomen die Online-Rollenspiele. Für den sechzehnjährigen Wei-Dong in L. A. sind sie die einzige Ablenkung vom nervigen Schulalltag...