Complete
A homeless former EMT named James receives a cryptic system message: the 60,000-year countdown has ended and Nemesis 1 has been released. As demons swarm New York and civilization collapses, James discovers an unusual stat called Arete that makes him Earth's most unlikely defender. A dark, grounded take on the system-apocalypse genre.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 3
- Length
- 46.1 hrs
- Pace
- Fast, propulsive, read in a sitting
Ongoing
When cosmic energy called Ether floods back into a modern Earth, the planet itself wakes up angry and unstable. Rocky Barkclay survives the apocalypse long enough to receive a System interface and must protect the people he finds while navigating a world that is actively rewriting its own rules.
- Status
- Ongoing
- Books
- 5
- Length
- 75.7 hrs
- Pace
- Medium, fast when it fires
Complete
A toy-maker's failed experiment, a twelve-inch stuffed bear, is accidentally brought to life in a world where classes, levels, and skill notifications are real. Rescued by a little girl named Celia, Threadbare gains allies and abilities, navigating a world his limited intelligence barely comprehends.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 6
- Length
- 74 hrs
- Pace
- Fast early, slows mid-series
Complete
When humanity's last hope is killed before reaching a time portal, Nick Gallows -- a weak assistant nobody expected anything from -- is shoved through instead. Stranded three years before the apocalypse, he cannot fight monsters the way heroes do, so he picks a support-focused Trainer class and sets out to build an army of heroes before the end arrives.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 8
- Length
- 72.6 hrs
- Pace
- Medium (training-heavy early, war-heavy late)