richard-writer

Three years ago, aliens made first contact, sort of. More accurately, they sent us a galactic internet connection and invited us to play the galaxy''''s biggest pay-to-win MMO, complete with irresistible and addictive rewards. Follow Nicholas Spenser, an ex-con turned professional rock breaker. After securing a contract to work for a lone Ambassador that settled on the digital version of his homeworld, he has somehow managed to carve out a living better than most in his struggling Faction. Until a fugitive AI starts whispering exploits in his ear and pushing him to rebel against the system the Coreworlds have created.Follow Nick into the ever expanding and spiraling safe zone of the Hub, to the dangerous Factions layer where civilizations from across the galaxy war and trade, all while he balances the real life stigma of being a Link worker. Meet alien races, from giant beetles cosplaying as beardy dwarves, to aloof and pointy eared Gelgin who despise the human given nickname “space elves”, or massive colonies of symbiotic creatures that one could easily mistake for a grove of trees and the animals and insects within. Find out how Nick goes from working stiff to humanity''''s only hope within the cutthroat game that the Coreworlds have unleashed upon the galaxy.