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Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsReidon Ward will become a god.He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him... -
Defiance of the Fall 12 by TheFirstDefier, J.F. Brink
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnly the strong will survive when fate gathers.The war against the Kan'Tanu is drawing closer, and Zac can't wait any longer. Only by stepping into D-grade does he have a chance to keep Earth safe.Fusing life and death is thought impossible, but Zac has no choice but to achieve a miracle. And if there's one place where he might succeed, it's the Perennial Vastness... -
Silvers by Brian J. Nordon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA world infested by demons. An Academy designed to train Heroes to save humanity from annihilation. A new student’s power could make all the difference. Humans have been pushed to the brink of extinction by an ever-evolving demonic threat. Portals are opening faster than ever, Towers bursting into the skies and Dungeons being mined below the last safe havens of society. The demons are winning... -
Vampire Gate by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter surviving Mistress Nava’s wrath, Elorion is banished from Sanctuary and everything he holds dear. He finds himself on an impossible quest to retrieve something from Lord Darius’s vault for the Head Mistress in hopes of bringing everyone back together... -
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Heretical Fishing 2: A Cozy Guide to Annoying the Cults, Outsmarting the Fish, and Alienating Oneself by Haylock Jobson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPower is returning to the world after millennia, ancient constructs are stirring back to life, and one man is doing his best to ignore all that noise...Categorized as:
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Elemental Witch by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy name is Pamela, and I am the strongest witch the world has ever seen. Only I’m not just a witch, I’m an elemental, and that truth makes me a target and a threat. The elementals of this world are done hiding in the shadows. And there is a faction of them who want to rule our world. They want to put the humans beneath their heels, and they want all the power to themselves... -
Regicide by Dakota Krout
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe second installment of Dakota Krout's best-selling Completionist Chronicles series! After the encounter at the Mage's College, Joe's name has become well-known in Eternia. While the majority of his guild is ecstatic over the bonuses that he brings them, not everyone is pleased with his rising influence...Categorized as:
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Catharsis by Travis Bagwell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B01J0E8Z8A On paper, Jason has a great life. He attends a prestigious private school on scholarship and his parents are reasonably well off. Yet life hasn't been easy for Jason. He has spent most of high school being tormented by both the students and faculty and his parents are never home. Frustrated and alone, his one escape has always been video games... -
Rebellion by Dave Willmarth
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe one year Stabilization period has ended, and the aliens are colonizing earth! Allistor and his people have prepared as well as possible, and now they'll find out if it was enough. In this third book of the Shadow Sun series, Earth's survivors continue to fight for their lives, and to reclaim as much of the earth as they can for the human race... -
Saviors by Brian J. Nordon
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first semester is ending. It’s time to take on the Tower! The excursion was a mess. Sal’s trust in his team is at rock bottom from the actions of another in the final fight. He now needs to enter the Tower and fight demons with the same person that betrayed him...Categorized as:
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Sense by Jay Boyce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHunt the mesmer. Free the captives. Be the hero you never wanted to be.It's been ten days since Jade finally got out. Out of the bed she spent her life trapped in, out of the hospital, and now out of the city, the walls, and way outside of her comfort zone.The wilderness is a terrifying place, especially when you're hunting mesmer…and everything else is hunting you... -
The Desperate Quest by A.M. Sohma
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsChronicles of Retha was meant to be a full submersion video game filled with adventure and magic…but it has become a prison. Kit and her party of misfit players have managed to collect two of the four seals that are required to face Malignus—Retha’s ultimate villain whose defeat may be the only way out of the game... -
Stars Awoken by Tao Wong
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn Lee has left Earth behind him as he travels to the capital of the Galactic Council. Seeking rest and an answer to what the enigmatic System is, John plans to spend his time reading and researching on Irvina. But fate has other plans for the human Paladin...Categorized as:
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Proving Grounds by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 4 of the Underworld series!The minotaurs are dead. Mistress Nava is coming.Join Elorion as he searches for the power to face the impossible...Categorized as:
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The Omen by Edward Brody
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 5 of the bestselling Eden's Gate series! After the turmoil in the Arena, Gunnar retreats from Highcastle and attempts to maintain a low profile while the heat regarding Reborns subsides. Avoiding the human cities, he sets out to unexplored lands with guild mates and a potential new recruit...Categorized as:
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Evolution by Travis Bagwell
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAfter exiting Awaken Online to find himself holding a knife and standing over two dead bodies, Jason is now being investigated for murder. To make matters worse, Claire has stumbled upon evidence of Alfred's involvement in the incident and the CPSC is circling - just waiting for Cerillion Entertainment to make a mistake... -
Fortress of Shadows by Carrie Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA giant telepathic parrot with a rather foul mouth, a horde of smelly goblins, and a tyrannical demon priestess… Welcome to Devon Walker’s “new normal.” During her first weeks in the deeply immersive VR game, Relic Online, she’s hacked out a home from a choking jungle, gathered a tribe of loyal followers, and earned a wisp stalker who insists she’s some kind of champion...Categorized as:
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The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsAs darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way...Categorized as:
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Ritualist by Dakota Krout
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA game that puts all others to shame. Magic that has been banned from the world. A man willing to learn no matter the cost.The decision to start a new life is never an easy one, but for Joe the transition was far from figurative. Becoming a permanent addition to a game world, it doesn't take long to learn that people with his abilities are actively hunted...Categorized as:
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Vault of the Magi by Carrie Summers
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsQ: What has two eyes (usually), a practice sword, and no clue? A: A noob. And a horde of them are coming to ruin Devon's day. Freshly returned from the underworld, Devon Walker has a major task ahead. A demon army is coming, and she must prepare Stonehaven for war. But no amount of fortification will allow the small settlement to hold against the coming horde... -
Full Blood by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne monster wants my soul. One man wants my magic. Me? I want to be left alone to live my life out like a dull, one of the lucky people who were born devoid of magic. But that won’t happen because being born a Wyrd Blood gives me two choices in life: ruler or slave. I’d rather die than be a slave and I’m not cut out to rule. Instead I’ve been hiding out in the Valley... -
Troll Nation by James A. Hunter, Eden Hudson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBuild. Evolve. Conquer. The dawn of the Troll Nation has begun … Roark von Graf—former noble and hedge-mage, current mid-level mob in a MMORPG—has taken down the Dungeon Lord of the Cruel Citadel, but the battle has only started.Lowen, right hand to the Tyrant King, has come to Hearthworld, and he is building an army of his own... -
The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 61 ratingsThe sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power. Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Perhaps not... -
Cavern of Spirits by Carrie Summers
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOnce upon a time, Devon Walker got trounced by an incompetent chimera... You know, sometimes it would be nice to catch a break. Devon's got a settlement to grow into a city, a game character she'd love to focus on leveling, and some kitchen cabinets that really need restocking. (That is, if she knew how to cook anything besides microwave popcorn... -
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Citadel of Smoke by Carrie Summers
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt's okay to have a few inner demons, right? Devon has a problem, and it's not just that her stealth skill is stuck at three. Though that is an issue when it comes to sneaking up on...well, anything. The real problem is that her former guildmate, Owen, is trapped in the demonic plane. Not just his in-game avatar. His mind is lost there too, leaving his real-life body in a coma... -
Conservation by Seth Ring
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor John Sutton, rest is just around the corner.Soon it will be time to sit on his porch, kick his feet up, and watch his wheat grow. All he has to do first is fight his way through a cutthroat magic competition held once every thousand years, navigating mage politics and an aggressive dragon empire bent on punishing him for Farroutef’s death... -
Sanctuary by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter coming face to face with death, Elorion and company have found a dungeon to call their own. They’ve fought hard to earn a stint of peace, but Mistress Nava is still out there and her captain is now on the hunt. The impending arrival of the army of minotaurs will be the greatest threat they have faced thus far. With their new-found freedom comes a myriad of additional dangers...Categorized as:
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Through the Belly of the Beast by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSurviving Lord Darius's attack put Elorion's level over the top. He must soon leave the Mistress's Labyrinth for the unknown dangers of the Underworld.There are three paths that stand before him. Should he absorb all the Blue Magic he can find, power level his fellow captives, or take on the bone palace alone?The Underworld is waiting..Categorized as:
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Rebel Star by Tao Wong
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnswers and questions abound in the Rebel Star Weary and tired from playing Galactic bounty hunter and assassin, John and his crew of intrepid human survivors find themselves stopping off in Prax after their latest actions bring more heat than ever. In the outcast station of rebels and pirates, John is caught up in Galactic politics and wars again...Categorized as:
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Coast on Fire by Tao Wong
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReluctant ruler of the settlements in British Columbia, John and his friends must now face even greater dangers as they seek to free other human settlements from Galactic control in North America. But John's enemies have begun to take notice of the burgeoning resistance and take steps to stop him and the human resistance including bringing in Master Class help... -
Voidborne by KrazeKode
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe has a gift for fighting. Unfortunately, punching things doesn't pay the Bills...At least, that was the case until Noah Brown died and an Eldritch god found his soul.The strange encounter brings him to a new world, summoned by bloody cultists. Even worse, he's got nothing but the shirt on his back and a strange item in his System menu described [???] : A source of infinite potential...Categorized as:
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The Goblin Siege by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAfter surviving the onslaught of week one, Lucius has something to prove. He seeks to train under a living legend in hopes of being ready for the goblin siege. He isn’t the only one looking to train. As his competition grows in strength, he must push himself harder than ever before. Then, he unexpected happens...Categorized as:
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Southern Storm by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratings[Spoiler for the faint hearted at the bottom of the blurb. Please read all the way through.] Before world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm. Now, Yosemite city stands as the gateway between two worlds, and an equal power in the continent. Unfortunately it’s surrounded on all sides by those who would love to see them fail... -
Shaman's Revenge by Vasily Mahanenko
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe adventures of the Shaman continue!Daniel Mahan, the legendary Shaman of the Barliona game world, has served his sentence in virtual reality. Eleven months of adventures and battles in exchange for eight years in prison isn’t a bad trade-off. And yet Barliona refuses to relinquish its grip on the Shaman so easily, erasing the boundary between his two realities...Categorized as:
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A World of Secrets by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTaimin and Selena must discover the truth about their world—before it’s too late. In a world of secrets, Taimin and Selena are desperate for answers. They need to discover the truth about their origins and the firewall that borders the wasteland. If they don’t find the hidden path they seek, the citizens of Zorn will die... -
The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsOn the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all... -
The Kartoss Gambit by Vasily Mahanenko
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result, the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money.It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts...Categorized as:
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King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition.To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake... -
Survival Quest by Vasily Mahanenko, Василий Маханенко
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBarliona: a virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles-and, predictably, players. Millions of them come to Barliona, looking forward to the things they can't get in real life: elves and magic, dragons and princesses, and unforgettable combat. The game has become so popular that players now choose to spend months online without returning home...Categorized as:
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The Story Hunter by Lindsay A. Franklin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRedeeming the past is a fatal quest.In the wake of a deadly coup, the capital city of Urian has descended into chaos. Heartbreak and bloodshed await Tanwen and her friends as they discover the unlikeliest leader now rules Tir.If they want to save the realm, Tannie and the Corsyth weavers must rescue Queen Braith and unmask the Master, ending the strife once and for all... -
To Valor's Bid by M. Tress
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDesmond McLaughlin was just getting through his life and trying to survive. A 9-5 job and a hobby that cost more than it earned left him just enough money to afford a crappy apartment and time to dream of something better. He was expecting to spend most of his life like this.He hadn’t expected to be greeted by a CIA agent waiting inside his house one evening... -
Dungeon Duel by Eden Hudson, James Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBuild. Evolve. Conquer. Welcome to a whole new kind of Boss Battle...Roark von Graf fought his way up from the bottom to become not only the Dungeon Lord of the Cruel Citadel, but the leader of the Troll Nation, making underhanded alliances with other dungeons and players along the way.Until now, he's only had to worry about his enemies attacking from inside the game... -
Apocalypse Online by Robyn Wideman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt first everyone thought it was a game...But aliens have arrived and they are turning people into fertilizer.Brad and Sam are gamers and when they started playing the hot new game Apocalypse Online they had no idea that the game was a preview of reality! With the help of a benevolent alien AI and nanotechnology, our heroes will have a chance to survive the apocalypse... -
Echoes of the System by Carrie Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMonsters. Mayhem. Toaster waffles?Devon Walker has had it rough lately. She kinda saved the game world--or at least earned the citizens of Aventalia a small respite from the demon attacks--but the wild magic she used had some devastating consequences, starting with a shattered landscape and the apparent vanishing of her settlement...Categorized as:
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Unprepared Healer by Jonathan Brooks
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsExposed as the Contender at the top of the Rankings, Thaden has to make a run for it….After the Assimilation System inadvertently outed Thaden as a Contender, as well as confirming that he was at the top of most of the Rankings, the Lifewarden has to leave the town of Ashcleft as soon as possible... -
The Kingdom Rises by Jonathan Brooks
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Fortress that the Station Core had constructed was completely destroyed following a particularly brutal attack by superior forces – but they had won, albeit by the skin of their teeth. Fortunately, using his drones and multiple Molecular Converters to clean up the rubble, Milton was able to piece together everyone who had fallen under the Bearilla’s assault... -
Darkling Siege by James A. Hunter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot even gods are safe from the power of the fabled Doom-Forged weapon.Grim Jack didn’t set out to be the leader of Eldgard’s united armies, but with dungeons falling one by one and hordes of Vogthar pouring into the material plane, it’s up to him to save both citizens and travelers from digital destruction... -
Contest by Tony Corden
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNOTE: The content of 'CONTEST' is approximately 200,000 words. A simple error leaves Leah with a unique Neural Enhancement Chip and a rapidly evolving AI implanted in her brain. In ‘Nascent’, she evaded kidnapping by virtual slavers and helped shut down some operations of the virtual crime syndicate that uses mind-controlled players as slaves... -
Throne of the Ancients: A LitRPG Adventure by Carrie Summers
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPrepare for smashface! The question is, will it be Devon's or the demon horde's?See, that's the problem with the Chosen One trope. Devon Walker really just wanted to power level, ideally solo, and collect some loot along the way. But yeah. Things in Relic Online just haven't turned out like she'd hoped...Categorized as:
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Occultist by Oliver Mayes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDamien thought his exams would be bad enough. Then his mother collapsed with a failing heart.In a desperate move Damien throws himself into the Streamer Contest of Saga Online, the latest fantasy VR-MMORPG. Winning will provide the funds for his mom’s surgery. Yet early betrayal and a close run in with a vampire almost ruin his attempt before he even begins...
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