Online Fiction

My name is Charlie Mason, but everyone just calls me Mace. I was a detective—and a damn good one—for the Special Crimes Unit for nearly twenty years before I was forced to retire. Unfortunately, my pension wasn't enough to pay for my daughter's college, so I went to work for Immersion Online, the hottest virtual reality game in the world, as an in-game Constable. I'll admit it! I knew squat about video games, leveling up, and strategies to max out my character's skills. What I did know, however, was how to solve crimes!

In the aftermath of the Developer’s Tournament, Esil has a new life filled with opportunity. He’s the first person to test out their most innovative technology, full-immersion gameplay, in a brand new, unexplored gameworld. Magic and mayhem collide in ways he never thought possible, and soon he finds himself caught in a quest that may alter the course of the game for years to come. As Esil experiences the grandeur of full-immersion and the line blurs between reality and the gameworld, the NPCs he meets feel more like friends than data.

When Kurt followed his brother into the world of Darklands Online, he expected a game like any other. What he found was a world more realistic than he could have ever imagined. The deeper he delved into the fantastic world of eternal night, the more Kurt suspected that something was amiss. It was only when he found that he was being manipulated by a rogue artificial intelligence that Kurt realized how far afield his journey had taken him.

Samantha has faced incredible odds and climbed past the first two Realms of Valhalla Online in her quest to reach the final Realm - where she can learn the truth about how she came to be in Valhalla in the first place. But now she is alone. Cut off from all support, Sam must struggle to win through this strange new world on her own. With the black archer still on her tail, Sam has to move quickly to win through Vanaheim before he can find a way to put an arrow into her and finish her quest for good.

Final Bastion Online is a state of the art virtual online game that has been around for a couple of years. As Daniel starts his first year of high school, his parents follow through with their promise and allow him to finally start playing FBO. Seeking an escape from the constant bullying and abuse he suffers from his classmates, Daniel dives head first into this new world of excitement and adventure.

He entered the game in a blinding flash of light. He had no memory of who he was, where he came from, or why he was here. Where was here, anyway? All he knew was that he had entered an online game full of magic and wonder and fantastical beasts. But something was wrong. The world that he knew was gone. All the people. His family, loved ones, everything had been shattered and stolen from him. And he was tasked with saving the last remnants of the human race.

Staying alive in Travail is Coral's one shot at a livelihood, but the game's new content threatens to destroy the in-game economy worldwide. When a newly resurrected god starts mind-hacking players and affecting their real world behavior, Coral can't just stand by, even when getting involved may cause more harm than good.

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.

Adam begins his adventure in the latest VRMMORPG, but it's not long before he realizes there's much more at stake when taking a life in this new game. The pain is very real, and death...is permanent. Now, trapped in a virtual world, Adam must take the mantle of Zander Darkblade and brave the dangers of the Aether Gate.

Eternity Online ist das größte Online-Rollenspiel der Welt. Aber nicht jeder darf hinein: Erst nach dem Tod in der wirklichen Welt kann man das Nachleben in einer virtuellen verbringen. Abenteuer erleben, Monster bekämpfen und gemütlich in Tavernen abhängen bis in alle Ewigkeit. Rob ist nur einer von zahllosen Frischlingen, die in Avataris ihr neues Leben beginnen – natürlich ohne die geringste Erinnerung an ihre Vergangenheit. Doch irgendetwas stimmt nicht mit ihm. Die Bewohner reagieren seltsam, die ganze Umgebung scheint ihm feindlich gesonnen.

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.

As if there wasn’t enough on Buck’s plate, what with him and his girlfriends suddenly running one of the biggest clans in Echo, the steady rise of in-game conflict has begun to spill out into the real world, both in his work and relationship, as old faces come back into the picture seemingly just to complicate things. Join Buck, Jane, and Sam as they take the helm of their newly massive guild, plot their revenge against the Hallowed Kings, and figure out what they’re going to do about their real world woes.

Commit an online crime, go to an online jail. In this MMORPG penal colony, inmates PVP to gain EXP, loot, and most of all...survive. Seph has been sentenced to play in one of these virtual correctional facilities. Sounds fun right? Maybe for some, but there is no worse punishment for Seph, mostly because he isn't a gamer. Will he be able to complete his sentence with all the trials and objectives thrown at him?

Winner of multiple literary prizes, Laura Castoro pens novels in genres as diverse as contemporary fiction, Westerns, and period romance. Love on the Line stars unforgettable mother and daughter Thea and Jesse Morgan. Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage as she tries to fit in at college.

They plucked him out of his own familiar world to kill him with extreme prejudice. This is what always happens to those who are just food in the bowl for someone with a better luck. But consider yourself warned: he is a very special food - the kind that eats you right back. Think again whether you really want to come and get him. And if you still do, just stay put. He'll come for you himself.

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.

Noah Carver used to work for Maskell Entertainment, developing the smash hit virtual reality game Sevenfold Sword Online (loosely based on the fantasy novels of Jonathan Moeller). Then Carver got fired. Not for incompetence, or for laziness. But because he discovered the truth.

After the Battle for the Phoenix Kingdom, Luke and his friends have been given a quest by the princess herself. Heading out into the wild, the party quickly finds themselves in the thralls of adventure when they are ambushed by a group of bandits. While distracted by a bandit infestation, the Crimson Shadow Guild, led by Shadow Incarnate, is quickly gaining power. The party has to make it to the Elk Kingdom and bring King Henry home. While in the Elk Kingdom, Luke and company receive training in their new classes and gain new skills.

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.

I am Zephyros, once the most famed of the raiders of the emissary army, till they found out I was also working for the other side, and I lost everything: My harem of deadly warriors, my succubus lover, and the trust of my superior, the great General Amyndas. But now, I’ve been given a chance to redeem myself. Why? The tide has turned, and my general is desperate for all the help he can get. I’m not in a position to turn his offer down.