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1) Game over
Author
Series
MindWar trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
"Rick emerged victorious from The Realm twice. Is his luck about to run out?"--
Author
Series
In death novel volume 30
Language
English
Description
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, was murdered as who did the murdering in this mystery revolving around a fantasy game of ultimate seduction and death.
3) Dark matter
Author
Language
English
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Description
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an abandoned industrial site and injected with a powerful drug. As he wakes, a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." But this life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife; his son was never born; and he's not an ordinary college...
Author
Series
Dark passages volume 2
Publisher
Egmont Publishing
Language
English
Description
"In the second book of the Dark Passages series, Emma wakes up trapped in the body of a grown Victorian woman trapped in an insane asylum, and must find a way a way back to Reality or else her friends and family will die with her" --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Mortality doctrine volume 3
Language
English
Description
Michael must figure out who his friends are before he makes a last-ditch effort to stop Kaine from realizing his plan and achieving worldwide cyber domination.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline's imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe."--Booklist, starred review
"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people...
7) Virtually me
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Five tweens navigate the pandemic by attending an experimental virtual reality school"--
8) Reamde
Author
Series
Dodge novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When his own high-tech start up turns into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family who has amassed an illegal fortune, finds the line between fantasy and reality becoming blurred when a virtual war for dominance is triggered.
10) Oh my goth
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Language
English
Description
A note from Jade Leighton's journal
Years ago, a tragic accident robbed me of my mother and emotions. Because I find beauty in darkness and thrive outside social norms, I've been labeled a "freak" at school. I know my continued apathy hurts my loved ones, but I'm not about to change. Nothing will ever hurt me again.
Then I wake up in an alternate reality...and everything else has changed. Goth is in. I'm considered cool, and my archenemy-the...
Author
Series
Evaporation of Sofi Snow volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
Sofi Snow, the most wanted teenager alive, travels to the icy, technologically brilliant planet of Delon, but as she tries to find her brother Shilo and warn those on Earth of Delon's dark designs on humanity, Sofi feels herself unraveling and questions the very existence of reality.
12) Leon levels up
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, twelve-year-old Leon, a short and chubby gamer, is shocked when the cool kid invites him to test out a not-yet-released virtual reality video game. When a glitch puts them in real-life danger, it's up to Leon to battle a dragon and save himself and his friend"--Provided by publisher.
13) Hearts of oak
Author
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Hearts of Oak is a delightful science fiction adventure from Eddie Robson, the creator of the acclaimed Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully.
The buildings grow.
And, the city expands.
And, the people of the land are starting to behave abnormally.
Or perhaps they've always behaved that way, and it's normality that's at fault.
And, the king of the land confers with his best friend, who happens to be his closest advisor, who also happens...
14) Obby challenge
Author
Series
Diary of a Roblox Pro volume 03
Publisher
AFK, Scholastic, Inc
Language
English
Description
It's time to escape the obby! Ari's best friend's dad is a professional obby builder. He even constructs obbies to help train the Roblox army. Ari and his friends are excited to visit the latest obby creation but they are absolutely forbidden to touch anything. Well, Ari and his friends just can't help themselves! When they find themselves trapped in the new obby course they must find a way to escape or risk losing it all.
15) Space race
Author
Series
Abby in orbit volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Description
Abby and her classmate Dmitry, both eager to win the Space Race virtual reality obstacle, neglect to pay close attention to the rules, so when they accidentally get stuck in the simulation, they realize they will have to work together if they want to find a way out.
16) Bubble world
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
After sixteen-year-old Fresia learns--and tells her friends--that their perfect life on a luxurious tropical island is not real, she is banished from her virtual world to the "mainland," where people are ugly, school is hard, and families are dysfunctional.
17) Halting state
Author
Series
Halting State volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Charles Stross' novel Halting State is a brilliantly conceived techno-crime thriller. The year is 2012, and China, India, and the United States are waging an infowar for economic domination. With innocent gamers mere pawns in the hands of electronic intelligence agencies, programmer Jack Reed is tasked with ferreting out the plot of those who would gladly trade global turmoil for personal gain.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
“An unexpected, inventive, heartfelt riff on the workplace novel—startup realism with a multiverse twist.” —Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny Valley
Introducing Josh Riedel's adrenaline-packed debut novel about a dating app employee who discovers a glitch that transports him to other worlds
Once you sign an NDA it's good for life. Meaning legally, I shouldn't tell you this story. But I have to.
A college grad with the six-figure debt to prove...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"John Chu is a "sherpa"--a paid guide to online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry. For a fee, he and his crew will provide you with a top-flight character equipped with the best weapons and armor, and take you dragon-slaying in the Realms of Asgarth, hunting rogue starships in the Alpha Sector, or battling hordes of undead in the zombie apocalypse" --
Author
Publisher
Tor
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
David Grant has a singular talent-he can affect the course of his dreams.
Quite by chance, he discovers the existence of the Trans-Humanist Institute and their lucid dreaming lessons. He discovers that under the tutelage of Dr. Thotmoses he has more control over his dreams. However, his talent soon runs away with him and he visits dream places while awake. The waking world and the dreaming world collide. Grant ends up sedated in a hellish mental...
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