Online Fiction

Get the first two books together in this special Publisher's Pack edition! More than just a game, Valhalla Online was designed as a permanent repository for the uploaded minds of mortals afraid of death. An artificial afterlife. Samantha's world is turned upside-down when she arrives in Valhalla - because as far as she knows, she isn't like the other people uploaded there. She isn't dead. At least...she hopes she isn't. Now Sam must solve the mystery of her own abduction - or murder! - while trapped inside a virtual world, cut off from communication with the outside.

This audiobook is recorded in Russian. Genre is RPG-lit. In the future people will not die completely. They will move their consciousness into a virtual reality called the "Galaxy online".

Step into a world of darkness and intrigue with Denise, a master manipulator with money to burn, and Brandon, a fame-seeker who'll stop at nothing to make her his own. Experience the thrilling, unpredictable ride that ensues!

Damien hatte gedacht, dass seine bevorstehenden Prüfungen schon schlimm genug wären. Aber dann bricht seine Mutter zusammen, die unter einer schweren Herzschwäche leidet. In einem verzweifelten Versuch, das Geld für ihre Operation zu beschaffen, nimmt er an einem Streamer-Wettbewerb des neuesten Fantasy-VR-MMORPGs Saga Online teil. Doch durch einen Verrat gleich zu Beginn und eine gefährliche Begegnung mit einem Vampir droht Damien zu scheitern, noch bevor er überhaupt begonnen hat.

Dex, Frida, Hiko, and Tasha successfully opened the Godmadrigan Army and the Celestial aliens up to forming an alliance against the Daemonorgs. Now they’re assigned the crucial mission of eliminating key parts of the daemons’ on-ground strongholds, since weakening the beasts’ parasitic grip on the planet is needed to enable their long-awaited defeat.

Endlich steht der Advent an, und die Online-Omi freut sich auf eine gemütliche Zeit mit Gänsebraten, "Sissi" und allem, was dazugehört. Aber wie immer kommt es anders. Kaum brennt die erste Kerze auf dem Kranz, geht alles drunter und drüber. Stromausfall, kein fließendes Wasser – und dann versucht Tochter Kirsten auch noch, mit der Deutschen Bahn anzureisen! Nie hätte Renate gedacht, dass am Ende die ganze Hausgemeinschaft in ihrer Wohnstube sitzen und zusammen Weihnachten feiern würde.

Breakups can be messy. After his ex-girlfriend Hope embarrasses him in front of the entire school, Tony wants revenge. So he signs her up for online dating sites and subscriptions and even makes the location of her phone public. And it works. A few days later, Hope calls begging Tony to stop the prank. Then Hope screams, and a car door slams. The call drops. Tony tries to keep cool. It's just like Hope to get back at him with more drama.

After a card game turns violent, Franko escapes into the Australian wilderness, where he experiences the diverse hardship of the Australian bush but is rescued from certain disaster by an Aborigine. Sergeant Patterson is a tough lawman who defends the one he considers most worthy—guilty or innocent. He is determined to bring Franko to trial.

Charity Daniels is at a crossroads in her marriage: Should she stay, or should she go? Although Charity loves her husband dearly, their mundane sex life has become a huge issue for her. For years, Charity has questioned whether bad sex is a deal breaker in a relationship, and she’s finally come to the conclusion that for her and her marriage, it definitely is. To get her mind off of the separation, Charity decides to take an impromptu trip back home to spend some quality time with her sisters.

Jack é um gamer que não revela o rosto, conhecido como O Coringa. Ele trabalha jogando videogame e usando sua voz grave para dar vida às fantasias sexuais das pessoas. Quando o principal site de games da Costa Oeste manda alguém para entrevistá-lo, Quinlan surge no cenário com seus cachos ruivos e curvas suculentas, e eles instantaneamente se atraem.

Alexandra McInnes hat als Pilotin der Special Forces zahlreiche Einsätze erfolgreich geflogen. Doch bei einem verheerenden Unfall wird sie schwer verletzt. Der Kybernetiker Dr. Jensen eröffnet ihr die Möglichkeit, an einem einzigartigen Experiment teilzunehmen: Sie soll ihr Bewusstsein in das Online-Spiel Vorena übertragen und dort vollständig geheilt weiterleben. Als Alexandra die gigantische Welt Vorenas betritt, verändert dies alles. Fortan muss sie als Kämpferin Questen erfüllen, sich mit anderen Spielern verbünden und Reiche erobern.

»Lehrkraft in der Schule! Das könnte mir gefallen! Wissen Se, mit Kindern kann ich gut. Wenn man älter wird, hört man nicht mehr so gut, und die Nerven sind auch gestählt…« Renate Bergmann weiß um den Lehrkräftemangel und bietet sich in ihrem zugegebener Maßen recht hohem Alter als Quereinsteigerin an. Schließlich braucht es nicht nur überstudierte Experten, sondern Menschen mit Lebenserfahrung an den Schulen! Als ihre kleine Nichte Lisbeth eingeschult wird, gibt es kein Halten mehr: Die Online-Omi bürstet ihr bestes Kostüm auf und geht die Sache gewohnt resolut an.

The world is being laid to waste. Vampires and the supernatural creatures they resurrected are slaughtering everything in their path. Now we must come together for everyone to survive. But Cain has taken Will, and with all the lives already lost...Am I a bad person for worrying about him the way I do? We needed Will’s help to defeat the Queen, but more than that, I’m lost without him. All I can think about is what the Queen might be doing to him now that she knows he betrayed her. How can I fight to win this war if I might lose the only man I’ve ever loved in the process?

Step into the realm of powerful storytelling with "The Emotional Craft of Fiction: Evoking Emotion and Empathy in Your Writing." This audiobook is a profound exploration of the art of infusing your narratives with genuine emotion and connecting with listeners on a deeply resonant level.

Contains all three books of The Desert Sequence: Desert Runner, Desert Born, and Desert Storm. Follow NPC Maddie on her journey of self-discovery, which takes her through the deadly desert plains to the inner programming that makes her who she is.

Nach einem kurzen Aufschub durch die Schuldeneintreiber muss sich Dahlia darauf konzentrieren, die Quelle der Macht eines Weltbosses zu finden. Sie muss sich auf Madi und Alysand verlassen, die ihr helfen, eine Welle von Feinden aus allen Richtungen zu überstehen. Und schnell genug aufleveln, um zu überleben. Einen Gott-Rang-Boss erschlagen? Erledigt. Verbündete überreden, sich der Sache anzuschließen? In Arbeit.

Madison isn't a hardcore gamer, but along with her brother and two cousins, she's become embroiled in a mythic quest spanning the entire world of Koyesta Online. The ramifications of this quest may just change the entire game before it’s even out of early access.

Nobody ever said that following your heart wouldn’t take you through an obstacle course of men before you discover and could appreciate that maybe “The One" had been there all along....that the love of my life could accept everything I’d done and where it had taken me. The fact is, he had a plan all along. All he wanted was me. My only goal was to have fun. I lived for the excitement and adventure. I experienced everything and everyone. It was all my journey that lead me to where I belong. This is where my confessions begin.

Falling for your best friend's love interest is bad.... Falling for your twin's is catastrophic. As kids, Nina and Nancy were inseparable. As teenagers, not so much.... Where Nancy is popular, an Instagram star, and obsessed with boy band heartthrob Chase, Nina is shy, a talented classical musician, and shuns the spotlight that her sister thrives in. But when the wrong twin unwittingly ends up at the centre of a romantic social media storm, the bonds of twin-ship will be tested like never before....

The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. The Internet shorthand IRL - "in real life" - now seems naïve. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. In The Secret Life, the essayist and novelist Andrew O'Hagan issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and IRL.