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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
18 ratingsA pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.It is bedlam on the eighth floor.As management reels from the unexpected conclusion of the seventh level, the surviving crawlers stumble onto the eighth and find themselves scattered... -
Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2 by Matt Dinniman
16 ratings"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin."The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City...Categorized as:
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The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
16 ratingsNew Achievement! Total, Utter Failure.You failed a quest less than five minutes after you received it. Now that’s talent.A floating fortress occupied by warrior gnomes. A castle made of sand. A derelict submarine guarded by malfunctioning machines. A haunted crypt surrounded by lethal traps. It was supposed to be easy. One bubble. Four castles. Fifteen days...Categorized as:
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He Who Fights with Monsters 5 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
16 ratingsJason has discovered that his homeworld is not what he thought. What’s more, the rest of the planet is on the precipice of sharing his revelation.With magic on the rise and forces pulling him in multiple directions, Jason is faced with challenges greater than ever before... -
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
18 ratingsIt's the most-watched game show in the galaxy!In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth--from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds to all the trucks and cars--collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside, they've all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot...Categorized as:
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
18 ratingsIt's the most-watched game show in the galaxy!In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth--from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds to all the trucks and cars--collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside, they've all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot...Categorized as:
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Unification by Dave Willmarth
14 ratingsAllistor just wants to restore the human race. He’s doing his best with the resources he’s gathered to locate other survivors around the world and unite them. His intentions are good, and he pushes hard. The drake eggs are hatching, and his people have dreams of both a murder chicken cavalry and a drake-mounted air force...Categorized as:
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3 by Matt Dinniman
16 ratingsWelcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly-complicated subway system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot. Up is down. Down is up. Close is far...Categorized as:
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Apocalypse: Generic System by Macronomicon
16 ratingsJeb Trapper tried to kill himself. The gun jammed.Two months later the vet is participating in underground trials of ecstacy to treat his PTSD.Everything seemed to be going great until...>>>The System has Been Installed<<<Now he's got to choose the difficulty of his tutorial.Just one problem.He's high as a kite, and nothing seems Impossible...Categorized as:
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Apocalypse: Fairy System by Macronomicon
14 ratingsAfter Jebediah Trapper completed the Impossible Tutorial (by cheating), The vet's been in something of a slump, his PTSD gradually guiding him down the path of self harm. Crippled, stripped of his power and homeless, he's got no reason to keep breathing.Until a little girl is in trouble...Categorized as:
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System Return by Tom Larcombe
14 ratingsAfter the discovery that the encampment outside of his Safe Zone is full of friendlies, Marc and his group finally have a chance to try to grow stronger again. The addition of an administrator for the Safe Zone as well as someone to coordinate its defenses finally allows Marc to feel like he can go out and do other things...Categorized as:
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Reborn: Apocalypse Volume 2 by L.M. Kerr
16 ratingsThe epic conclusion of Micheal's journey through First Layer. Stopping disasters before they happen, battling against enemies on all sides, saving the lives of millions. The burdens Micheal must bear grow ever heavier as he fights against all odds to complete his mission: Stop the Apocalypse and save the human race from ultimate destruction... -
Apocalypse: Dungeon System by Macronomicon
12 ratingsJeb is settling into his role as the head of the biggest orphanage in the alien city of Solmnath, taking in hundreds of human children orphaned by the harsh trials of the Tutorial.It wasn't meant to last.A group of human extremists are scavenging nuclear bombs from the corpse of Las Vegas, and they intend to use them to wipe Solmnath off the map.And behind them? Something...stranger...Categorized as:
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Stars Asunder by Tao Wong
12 ratingsTo gain his Master Class, John Lee made a deal with the Erethran Empire. Now, the Empire has come to collect on the debt, forcing him to appear in their capital after his last fight. Thrown into Galactic politics of a militarised, System-based society; John will have to weigh consequences of the decisions he's been asked to make and confront the warped reality of a System-created empire...Categorized as:
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Rebellion by Dave Willmarth
14 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...Categorized as:
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Jake's Magical Market by J.R. Mathews
14 ratingsMeddling gods. A magical card system. An apocalypse no one could have predicted.Jake is working at the neighborhood market under his apartment when the world ends. He expected nuclear war, a computer virus, or even climate change burning everyone to a crisp to bring about the downfall of civilization...Categorized as:
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Control System by Tom Larcombe
14 ratingsMarc's Safe Zone, and his network of interconnected Safe Zones, has been upgraded to an Industrial Technology level. With the new tech level comes a number of items that they've desperately wanted to build. Now railways, lighter than air travel, primitive firearms, and more are available, once the requirements for their tech chains are satisfied... -
Towers of Heaven 2 by Cameron Milan
16 ratings...Champion of Aros, God of Battle......Bearer of foreknowledge......A mythical third realm expert... Jason had it all, and yet he still couldn't prevent his father's death. He didn't even have time to grieve as his mission took precedence over all else. Pressing onward was the only path... -
United as One by Pittacus Lore
26 ratingsThe seventh and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! With United as One, this action-packed series comes to a surprising, breathtaking, and utterly satisfying conclusion. The Garde didn’t start this war, but they’ll do whatever it takes to end it once and for all. . . . The Mogadorians have invaded Earth...Categorized as:
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Sisters by Laurence E. Dahners
10 ratingsThis tale of healers with “talents” is the sixth in a series of stories featuring the psychically talented members of the Hyllis family. Hundreds of years after a plague induced apocalypse collapsed civilization back to iron and horsepower, the Hyllises have a genetic tendency to inherit “talents... -
Progression by Dave Willmarth
12 ratingsAllistor, now both a Planetary Prince of Earth, and Emperor of Orion, and faces a new set of challenges. Thrust completely unprepared into the realm of interplanetary politics, he must navigate the pitfalls of dealing with more powerful races and factions.At the same time, he strives to continue his mission to strengthen the human race...Categorized as:
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Nova Terra: Greymane by Seth Ring
12 ratingsBetrayed and left for dead by his team, Thorn learned the hard way that the game world of Nova Terra is not all sunshine and roses. Stripped of his destiny, Thorn refuses to let what happened to him control his fate... -
Elven Accord by Daniel Schinhofen
12 ratingsMeeting a dark Elf was unexpected. Kuro offered unconditional servitude in exchange for being saved, and Gothy was determined to make the most of it. Kuro had a single request: to warn the Queen that the King had broken their pact. Alvin agreed to take her to her world to report, wondering if it would be as easy as it sounded...Categorized as:
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The Dungeon Slayer by Konrad Ryan
14 ratingsMankind has been under attack for fifty years by the awesome power of bosses and monsters who are the denizens of dungeons. Monsters started these attacks when a mystical beast named Raekast appeared and threatened the world, eradicating human life from several continents...Categorized as:
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Stars Awoken by Tao Wong
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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Survival by Dave Willmarth
16 ratingsHow well would you fare if the apocalypse fell upon you? Could you survive more than a few days? Would you be able to feed yourself? Find clean water? Safe shelter? Heal your wounds? Allistor is a gamer geek who has spent most of his life indoors, playing virtual reality MMORPGS and reading classic LitRPG books...Categorized as:
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Cities in Chains by Tao Wong
16 ratingsAn Apocalyptic LitRPG It's been over a year since the System came to Earth, bringing blood and monsters in equal measure. Having left Whitehorse, John and his team travel down to British Columbia, running into new dangers from aliens and humans alike. Faced with new challenges and new enemies, John steps up once more to set things right and teach a few aliens why you never put humanity in chains...Categorized as:
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Reborn: Apocalypse Volume 1 by L.M. Kerr
16 ratingsIf you could turn back the clock and fix all the mistakes you ever made, would you? From the author of the award-winning Web-novel 'Reborn: Evolving From Nothing' comes the tale of Micheal Care, a swordsman that could only be considered a middling warrior in Humanity's Last Army. Micheal's answer to that question would be quite simple. Yes. A million times yes...Categorized as:
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The Kartoss Gambit by Vasily Mahanenko
18 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... -
Pathways by Dave Willmarth
8 ratingsMace and Shari continue to pursue their mission to eliminate the Black Flame. Nearing the city of Graf, they and the crew of the Sea Sprite were ambushed on the river. After suffering losses and stopping to make repairs, they have been approached by two drow thieves walking out of the woods...Categorized as:
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Succubus Lord 5 by Eric Vall
8 ratingsDisclaimer # 6: There aren’t going to be any more disclaimers. You know what you are getting into with this series. Jacob and his merry band of beautiful succubi face a new threat when several demonic assassins come to kill them. The battles will be fierce, and nothing can prepare the gang for the identity of their new enemy... -
Take Two by John Van Stry
8 ratingsBreck was a heavy metal rock star, to some perhaps even a rock god. Playing bass since he was ten, he learned to sing and write music under the tutelage of some of the industry's best. His band was one of the loudest and heaviest out there and they had moved from one hit record to the next with ease... -
Dungeon Cleaners Inc. by J.R. Saileri
8 ratingsDo you have what it takes?Lucas was just your typical guy slowly approaching his thirties. Due to the budget cuts in his company, he had been laid off, losing his job as a Project Manager and Team Leader. Just a common occurrence, not like it bothered him.But, he certainly didn't expect to get scouted by another company soon after... -
The Land of the Undying by Dave Willmarth
10 ratingsShari is a med student, months away from being a doctor. Mace is a coder on his first day of an exciting new job. When the world comes to a sudden and horrifying end, none would have expected them to be among the few survivors.Hyper-aggressive undead creatures hunt anything living on the surface, where even the grass and trees can kill you. Hiding underground is safe, but not much of a life...Categorized as:
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Ravenous by David Petrie
10 ratingsAn unstoppable curse. A dead man displaced from his time. How do you survive the zombie apocalypse when you started it?Digby Graves, a deceased medieval peasant with delusions of grandeur, is trying to figure out how the hell he ended up in Seattle eight hundred years after his death...Categorized as:
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First Song, Book One by Blaise Corvin, Outspan Foster
12 ratingsIt has been two years since the Shift—when most technology stopped working, and the laws of physics changed. Humanity has been brought to its knees. Like other survivors, Noah Henson has heard rumors of the Aelves. Among other guesses, predatory aliens seem as good as any other theory for what caused the Shift...Categorized as:
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Enter System by Tom Larcombe
14 ratingsWhat do you do when the world as you know it changes dramatically with little notice? When the Natural Laws no longer apply in all cases and the only thing to explain why is a “System” that seems to have access to everyone in the world?Marc's home from college on break, spending his time laughing about some of the crazy news stories he's found online, and gaming...Categorized as:
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Rebel Star by Tao Wong
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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World's Unbound by Tao Wong, Nick Podehl
14 ratingsFour years ago, the Erethran Honor Guard arrived and threw John Lee into a Portal to another world. Since then, Earth has received no word of the intrepid adventurer. Until now. Finding his way back to Earth through a Portal, John returns to a very changed world. The shackles of Galactic control have bound Earth and humanity ever tighter to the System...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo
14 ratingsThe world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man has clawed and climbed his way from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, to create communities and society.It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung... -
Coast on Fire by Tao Wong
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...Categorized as:
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Wagga by Alex Kozlowski
14 ratingsIn the apocalypse, the first weapon he’ll have to upgrade is himself.The end of the world as we know it couldn’t come at a worse time for Adrian.One minute, he’s an operations manager who’s overseeing a construction job in the wilderness. The next, an unknown energy force changes the very nature of life itself, from the smallest organism to the top of the food chain...Categorized as:
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Towers of Heaven by Cameron Milan
16 ratingsOne day, six towers appear on Earth. Each one stands hundreds of stories tall, and are invulnerable to all attacks. At the base of each tower is a portal, welcoming in all who dare enter it. All sorts of magical monsters can be found inside the towers. Even treasure, magic and superhuman strength can be acquired. The problem is that the towers aren't a friendly place... -
The Cost of Survival by Tao Wong
16 ratingsThe Onlivik Spores have been defeated, the dungeon tamed but at great cost. John and his friends are reeling from the losses, but the countdown to full integration to the System continues. Threatened by System-integrated races and new, more powerful monsters, John will need to get creative if he and the city are to survive...Categorized as:
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Redeemer of the Dead by Tao Wong
16 ratingsFour months ago, the world changed as electronics failed and blue screens started appearing, gifting humanity with abilities, Classes and Skills straight from a game. Caught in Klondike National Park during the apocalypse, John manages to fight his way free and reach Whitehorse...Categorized as:
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Survival Quest by Vasily Mahanenko, Василий Маханенко
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... -
The Great Cleric: Volume 2 by Broccoli Lion
6 ratingsWe’re off to the Holy City! Luciel is moving up in the world and people, both good and bad, powerful and weak, have begun to take notice of this peculiar young man... -
Succubus Lord 15 by Eric Vall
6 ratingsJacob and his allies have drawn the attention of the elusive BPI, or Bureau of Paranormal Investigations.Fortunately, the BPI has bigger fish to fry since Lucifer is trying to kickstart the end of the world.So, Jake will have to partner up with a beautiful BPI agent, a dark and sexy Shadow Queen, his loyal succubi, and the Toddster to stop the Apocalypse... -
Untamed Lands by David Burke
6 ratingsYonderton is secure. Law and Order has been restored.But this is only a tiny corner of the world on the western frontier.Rob's family is growing but so to is the world around him.Now he will have to explore the untamed lands and learn thesecret behind the beast waves... -
Cinder Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
6 ratingsThe Scorch Series: romantic action adventure for fans of romance thriller suspense and family romance stories! Cold, calculating Dolf Luciano is a rock-climbing powerbroker in a tailored suit. An identical twin, he is the “brain,” and his brother Nando, the “heart...
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