Travail Online Series by Brian Simons

This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B06VY2Z2N7.When an overpowered NPC goes off the rails and starts killing players — even in safe zones — Coral, Daniel, and their friends accept an impossible quest: Stop him. At all costs.Coral joined the immersive MMORPG Travail Online because her waitressing job, like so many other jobs, was automated by a growing robot workforce... moreThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B06VY2Z2N7.When an overpowered NPC goes off the rails and starts killing players — even in safe zones — Coral, Daniel, and their friends accept an impossible quest: Stop him. At all costs.Coral joined the immersive MMORPG Travail Online because her waitressing job, like so many other jobs, was automated by a growing robot workforce. She starts the role-playing video game as a Seamstress, hoping to craft useful clothing in-game to sell for real life cash. The game, however, has other ideas. What starts off as job replacement quickly launches an adventure of epic proportions through a virtual reality world filled with magic, intrigue, and betrayal.Daniel has played for longer, but the game changes him to a new class that doesn’t actually seem to exist. How can he maximize his skills when his class is completely uncharted? How can he avoid dying at the hands of a madman and losing all of his inventory and gold? Can he, Coral, and their friends stop the murderous NPC before Travail comes crashing down, taking the world economy with it?TRAVAIL ONLINE is a new LitRPG series that follows players and non-player characters through the virtual reality world of Travail Online — complete with elves, magic, and mobs galore. Welcome to Travail, where hard play makes fun work. less

Coral, Daniel, and their friends have their heads in the game. But what happens when the game gets in their heads? Strange things are afoot in Travail Online. People like Coral who couldn’t find jobs offline joined Travail so they could grind away at the virtual reality video game and sell in-game items for a bit of real world cash. Travail, however, has just launched new content that turns that premise on its head... moreCoral, Daniel, and their friends have their heads in the game. But what happens when the game gets in their heads? Strange things are afoot in Travail Online. People like Coral who couldn’t find jobs offline joined Travail so they could grind away at the virtual reality video game and sell in-game items for a bit of real world cash. Travail, however, has just launched new content that turns that premise on its head. The game resurrected a dead god and is using it to brainwash players into pouring their life savings into the game, ruining their livelihoods and threatening to destroy the game’s economy worldwide. Coral can’t stand by while the game mind-hacks players and siphons away their gold, but will getting involved cause more harm than good? Meanwhile, Daniel has his own concerns. The head of the Assassins’ Guild is still trying to recruit him, the Regent of Travail’s human city wants him to start a war with the dwarves, and the elves seem to be hunting him and his friends. The game just keeps throwing roadblocks in their way, not to mention the mess it’s making of their minds… Welcome to Travail, where hard play makes fun work! RESURRECTION is the second full book in the TRAVAIL ONLINE series. Find out whether Coral and Daniel can keep their wits about them long enough to save Travail from the brink of world war and psychological destruction. less

Coral is hungry. She's hungry for players to rise up and demand fair treatment from Travail Online. She's also just hungry, but affording food is tough when Travail's economy is collapsing. In fact, the whole game is collapsing. The terrain is crumbling, strange mobs are turning innocent people into mutated beasts, and the CEO behind Travail Online keeps taking servers offline – despite the millions of players that still rely on the game for income... moreCoral is hungry. She's hungry for players to rise up and demand fair treatment from Travail Online. She's also just hungry, but affording food is tough when Travail's economy is collapsing. In fact, the whole game is collapsing. The terrain is crumbling, strange mobs are turning innocent people into mutated beasts, and the CEO behind Travail Online keeps taking servers offline – despite the millions of players that still rely on the game for income. Coral wants to rally players and overthrow the CEO, but there's a catch. He employs her parents. In an offshore facility. And he won't guarantee their safety unless Coral plays nice. Has she picked a boss fight she just can't win? Meanwhile, Daniel struggles with his mother's gambling addiction, Sybil fights to keep Farah safe from Jack, and Sal keeps eating things he probably shouldn't, all while preparing for their inevitable battle with the elf queen at the helm of the game's most torturous content. Ogres, drow, spiders, dwarves, elves, orcs, minotaurs, and a dragon with a dubious motivation. It's all in a day's work in Travail, where hard play makes fun work. less