Cyberpunk

Everything has a price. Pangea Online is no different. Since leaving the orphanage, Esil has spent the past year toiling in the data mines of Pangea while watching the wealthy elite traverse its myriad of game worlds. His luck changes forever when he discovers a legendary Developer's Chest. The Premium Worldpass inside grants him unlimited access to all of Pangea. Now, Esil isn't just stuck watching as others explore Pangea. He can finally level up. With his newfound fortune, he enters a tournament to compete against some of the most skilled adventurers Pangea has to offer. He’s a long shot to win but for the first time in his life, being a kid from the slums has its advantages when he discovers a bug in the obscure data-mining class. With an even playing field, he might just have a shot. But, his in-game actions have real-world consequences and failure online threatens everything he holds dear. ©2017, 2021 S.L. Rowland (P)2022 S.L. Rowland

Enter the world of Char, where everything has a price and power is a game. A global crypto token manipulated by wealthy magnates and sentient trading AI sorts the haves from the have-nots, squeezing its citizens and leaving them to fight over the remains. Anyone can challenge the world order by competing in Char’s lethal gaming tournament, but predictably, the elites have the outcome rigged so that the winners join them or die. When Arrow, a hacker and rags-to-riches gaming champion, and Sage, an exiled scion from the ruling class, are recruited by a disillusioned military general to tame the token for themselves, their victories bring turmoil and ruin to the citizens of Char. To preserve their humanity and their lives, they must find a new way to play war. WIN CONDITION is an action-packed sci-fi thriller where the oppressed fight to free themselves from the zero-sum games where only the ruthless survive. Will they succeed in changing the rules for survival, or will they perpetuate that which they hope to destroy?

To the Creshe Empire, I’m just a number. I’ve spent the past five years in isolation and under study. With my home razed by a Syldrari attack, my mind damaged, and nothing but white walls and a viewing window around me, I dedicated myself to two things: training my body and reading any book they allowed me to have. The Empire wants me to serve, to use the inhuman power the Incident stirred within me. Technically, they asked, but it wasn’t much of a choice. It never is. Serve, or… I refused to be a mindless slave. My life was taken from me once. Never again. With the Empire moving forward with their xenophobic plans, they needed someone capable of killing Syldrari -- and I was just that. A tool they could use, a tool they thought they could manipulate. Needing me was their first mistake. They gave me leverage; I named my terms. Now, after five years, my life can begin. Song of the Depths is a slow-burn romantic science fantasy series with a constellation relationship dynamic and diverse cast. ©2020 Bonnie Price (P)2022 Soundbooth Theater

Fame. Fortune. Glory. 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. Tasked with defending a small town from dark forces, he must learn to protect its citizens from impending doom or risk losing them forever. ©2018 S. L. Rowland (P)2022 S. L. Rowland

This Archemi Online interlude chronicles Hector and Karalti's escape from Fort Palewing. What happened in the days after they fled the Eyrie at the end of Dragon Seed? And what happened before their arrival in the Ilian port of Bryos at the start of Trial by Fire? Why didn't Cutthroat eat them both? Find out this and more — including a short history of the Total Wars — in Fugitive Status.

Pangea Online invites you to participate in the first-ever Pro-Am Tournament! Mentor the most promising talent of the future while cementing your status as one of the greats! Don't miss the biggest, most innovative tournament in gaming history! Esil is content with his quiet life beta testing new game worlds, so he doesn’t give the invitation a second thought. Having every detail of his life scrutinized while pursuing gold and glory are ambitions of the past, and mentoring is at the bottom of his to-do list. That all changes when Dean, a teenager from the same orphanage where Esil grew up, begs for help. This is a life-changing opportunity for a kid from the boxes. So, when every other former champion refuses to take a chance on Dean, Esil must make a choice: Either step into the spotlight he grew to hate, or abandon Dean to a life in the mines. Get the final installment of this litRPG series today! ©2021 S. L. Rowland (P)2022 S. L. Rowland