The Exlian Syndrome Series by Seth Ring

From bestselling LitRPG author Seth Ring—creator of The Titan series and Battle Mage Farmer--Advent is the first in an epic new series of alien contact, fast-paced military action, and thrilling adventure that will leave readers hungry for more.All his life, Mark Fields has dreamed of joining the Defense Force to fight the vicious, alien Exlian, just like the rest of his renowned family. But so far, he’s … a dishwasher, trapped in a dead-end job with no powers, no money, and even fewer friends... moreFrom bestselling LitRPG author Seth Ring—creator of The Titan series and Battle Mage Farmer--Advent is the first in an epic new series of alien contact, fast-paced military action, and thrilling adventure that will leave readers hungry for more.All his life, Mark Fields has dreamed of joining the Defense Force to fight the vicious, alien Exlian, just like the rest of his renowned family. But so far, he’s … a dishwasher, trapped in a dead-end job with no powers, no money, and even fewer friends.But an encounter with a dying woman changes everything—granting him the abilities he needs to join the training camps—and his life finally feels like it’s turning around, faster than a movie martial-arts montage (just ignore the weird cat).But the Exlian are voracious and myriad, and there’s more to Mark’s new powers than just leveling up. With the pressure mounting, it doesn’t take him long to realize the Exlian aren’t the only sinister threat lurking within the city …In this first installment of the Exlian Syndrome series, you must fight the monsters … or become one yourself. less

The thrilling sequel to Advent, Dark Dawn is the second book in the action-packed Exlian Syndrome series from Seth Ring.The mission is reclaim a mine lost to the Exlian Threat. Survival? Unlikely.Mark’s life has been thrown into turmoil over the last year and he has the nagging feeling it’s about to get worse. A lot worse... moreThe thrilling sequel to Advent, Dark Dawn is the second book in the action-packed Exlian Syndrome series from Seth Ring.The mission is reclaim a mine lost to the Exlian Threat. Survival? Unlikely.Mark’s life has been thrown into turmoil over the last year and he has the nagging feeling it’s about to get worse. A lot worse.Being assigned to a deployment with New Emery’s Engineering Corps without receiving any of the prerequisite training is bad enough, but when Mark meets the oddball crew he’ll be traveling with he realizes there’s more to this mission than meets the eye.Mark’s not sure how they’re going to deal with the Exlian Nest that’s made its home in the mine, but at least he’s not entirely alone. Thrown together with a commanding officer who has never set foot outside the city, a pair of brothers whose greatest wish is to die a glorious death, and a genius researcher with dangerous—unstable—ideas, he ventures into the wilderness to reclaim the abandoned manastone mine.Accompanied by his mysterious pet cat, Mime, Mark will have to leverage everything he’s learned over the last tumultuous year—and maybe even invent a few new tricks—if he’s going to make it back to New Emery in one piece. less