Glory to the Brave
Heroes don’t stand for themselves. They stand for others who cannot.
Betrayed by those they’d taken in and narrowly avoiding a disaster of untold proportions, Lyrian and his friends are once again thrust into a fight for their very survival, this time against Carver and his band of murderous adventurers. But as their newfound war quickly reaches a stalemate, both sides find themselves scrambling for a way to break it, while viciously battling one another for every inch of ground that they can steal in the process.
Yet just as Lyrian and the others manage to gain an advantage that could very well end the conflict, they find their world turned upside down as an even greater enemy appears on the horizon. Pushed to the brink, it will take every ounce of cunning and courage they have to find a way to survive.
Assuming they can at all.
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Luke Chmilenko
When Luke Chmilenko first sat down to write Ascend Online, he wasn’t trying to start a movement—he just wanted to tell the kind of story he’d always wanted to read. A story where the game wasn’t just background noise, but the world itself. Where the stakes were more than loot drops, and choices had lasting consequences. That book, published in 2016, quickly became a defining entry in the LitRPG genre—one that helped shape the virtual battlegrounds readers now devour with fervor.
Ascend Online
In the world of Ascend Online, reality is just one layer of a sprawling universe waiting to be explored—and conquered. This immersive virtual game isn't just a pastime; it's a battleground where players face high stakes and even higher rewards. At the heart of the story is a young man named Marcus, whose journey begins as an ordinary gamer seeking escape but soon turns into something much more. When he logs into Ascend Online, he finds himself swept into a game where the stakes are real, and the line between virtual and physical begins to blur.
Ascend Online consists of five books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
