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Düsseldorf, August 2018 Patrick Richter ist zeitinstabil. Seine Welt ist es auch. Er hat sich damit arrangiert, ohne sich daran gewöhnt zu haben. Ein Fremder aus der Zukunft bittet Patrick um Hilfe. Hilfe, die nur er leisten kann. Eine kleine Gefälligkeit im Jahr 2014, die Europas Zukunft ins Verderben stürzt. Patricks Erkenntnis schmeckt bitter: Es stirbt sich schnell in diesen Tagen. Und die Zeit heilt doch nicht alle Wunden.

When disaster strikes a cargo flight over the arctic, pilot Andre decides it's time to upload. He pays to have his brain sliced and scanned so his mind can live in the computerized, virtual world of Talespace. Since Talespace runs on the logic of a game, Andre takes full advantage. He becomes a high-flying pegasus learning the magic of the sky and battling monsters for the Night Queen. He's even in time for a fun little war.

Stan can't afford to have his brain removed. The richest and luckiest players of the video game "Thousand Tales" get their minds uploaded to its virtual paradise world, while Stan can barely buy a handheld console. Instead of sulking he plays, and grows, becoming a skilled craftsman and a seafaring explorer. The game's ruling AI, Ludo, helps him find the hope and inspiration missing from his real life. When the AI starts asking for favors and having him reach out between the real and digital worlds, Stan has a chance to turn his life into an actual adventure.

Queen of Nowhere is a novel in the LitRPG or GameLit genre, about a future frontier: exploration in a starry high-tech game world that's reaching into the real one. It's part of the Thousand Tales story setting, an upbeat world of people trying to grow, build, and be free; but no knowledge of it is needed. Dive in here!