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Sean de Courcy is a gamer with a maxed out warrior build on a popular MMORPG. When the desperate rulers of a declining kingdom need a warrior to help lead them to triumph over their enemies, their summoning spell picks Sean. Their world obeys the rules of an RPG, so although Sean has no real world fighting experience, he is exactly the person they need to manage the kingdom, increase the levels of the PCs, and lead their armies to victory.

Planet Earth's greatest artist, Marcus Korol, crashes on the surface of Grimworld, a planet with a base-building system, which Marcus has to master in order to survive and prosper. Even if he can cope with the monsters there are slavers and cannibals nearby. Staying alive, let alone prospering, is a daunting challenge that even a battle-hardened general would find difficult. Yet perhaps art can succeed where warfare would fail.

Some wounds run deeper than physical scars. The Guardian of Night nearly killed them. Hania Hawke—better known as the superhero Raiden—survived. So did Alana, the Guardian of Water, and Juan, the Guardian of Nature. Barely. Broken, battered, and left unconscious for days, the three Guardians retreat to Arizona to recover from an enemy unlike anything they've faced before. With powers tied to darkness, the stars, Tartarus, and the shadow of Chernobog, the Guardian of Night has given Hania something he isn't accustomed to feeling in a fight: Fear. But Hania isn't running alone anymore.

Charlie and Annie Cooper are separated - captured by Millstone officials, placed on work camps, and in high-security segregation cells. Charlie is determined to gather Defiants, and build a driving force against the repressive government that has gained alarming momentum, as Millstone plans to invade other countries. Being placed on 24-hour watch, Charlie is faced with setbacks - harsh work environments, disease, and an old friend who has turned into his enemy. With the threat of being hanged lurking over him, he must go against everything he believes in to stay alive.