System Apocalypse

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System Apocalypse: Book 1

Life in the North: Book 1

John Lee is camping in Kluane National Park in the Yukon when the System Apocalypse occurs.  Forced to trek across wilderness, alone and unarmed, John must face a world without electricity and where monsters abound.

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System Apocalypse: Book 2

Redeemer of the Dead: Book 2

Redeemer of the Dead sees John in Whitehorse, dealing with the increased monster spawns and the all too familiar aliens who have taken over his world.

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System Apocalypse: Book 3

The Cost of Survival: Book 3

The Cost of Survival sees dungeons spawning in ever growing numbers. Worse than the monster hordes are the Galactic aliens who are looking to take over Whitehorse.

John will need to draw upon all his levels and wit to keep Whitehorse independent.

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Omnibus: Books 1-3

  • Life in the North
  • Redeemer of the Dead
  • The Cost of Survival

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System Apocalypse: Book 4

Cities in Chains: Book 4

Cities in Chains sets off a new arc where John and team are traveling through Canada, bringing their particular brand of Kick-Ass.

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System Apocalypse: Book 5

Coast on Fire: Book 5

Coast on Fire sees John grapple with the intricacies of managing multiple settlements while helping to free the West Coast.

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System Apocalypse: Book 6

World Unbound: Book 6

World Unbound sees John grapple with a changed world when he returns to Earth 4 years later. Together with his friends, John must free Earth’s cities and gain a seat on the Galactic Council if Earth is to have any control over its future.

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System Apocalypse: Book 7

Stars Awoken: Book 7

Stars Awoken is the start of a brand new, exciting arc as John finally makes his way into the outer Galaxy to confront the very aliens who destroyed the Earth with their System and to find some answers.

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System Apocalypse: Book 8

Rebel Star: Book 8

Rebel Star sees John and company weary from battling Galactic predators. Forced to rest in a pirate station, the team finds themselves caught up in the deep waters of Galactic politics once again.

Except this time, they’re just acceptable casualties.

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System Apocalypse: Book 9

Stars Asunder: Book 9

To gain his Master Class, John Lee made a deal with the Erethran Empire. Now, the Empire has come to collect on the debt, forcing him to appear in their capital after his last fight. Thrown into Galactic politics of a militarised, System-based society; John will have to weigh consequences of the decisions he’s been asked to make and confront the warped reality of a System-created empire.

When politics, self-interest and a human’s stubbornness collide, the very stars are threatened.

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System Apocalypse: Book 10

Broken Council: Book 10

John Lee has come far from his time as a struggling survivor of the System Apocalypse. But now, his actions have gone too far and he has drawn the ire of the Galactic Council.

Not only himself and his friends, but Earth itself, are faced with the displeasure of the Council. With the whole galaxy turned against them, John will have to scramble for allies and make Faustian deals to save Earth. But against the might of multiple empires, will it be enough? As the fate of Earth teeters on the balance, John may finally have to make a choice and break not just the Council, but his very honor itself.

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System Apocalypse: Book 11

Forbidden Zone: Book 11

They can run, but hiding isn’t in their forte.

After revealing the deception spread by the Galactic Council and the hidden aspects of the System, John Lee and his friends flee the council building on Irvina.

Just escaping the capital planet will tax them to their utmost. Evading the full force of the Galactic Council and their minions might be more than they can handle. While old allies deal with the new truths, friends fracture under the increasing pressure, and all the while, the System Quest hangs over John’s head, unfinished.

Their only hope – their only clue – lies in the Forbidden Zone.

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System Apocalypse: Book 12

System Finale: Book 12

There’s No Way Home

Not for John Lee. His search for answers for the System Quest has taken him deep into the Forbidden Zone, into the very arms of his enemies. He’s betrayed family and friends and been betrayed in turn. The most powerful human in the System has come to the final leg of his journey.

And still, he has no idea if what he will find will fill the burning need within him. For the Redeemer of the Dead will not stop, until the cries of the lost and the sacrificed are answered.

No matter the cost – to the universe, to Earth, or to himself.

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Short Story Anthology 1.

The System Apocalypse: Short Story Anthology 1

A bounty hunting survivor. A Galactic dark elf. A woman who has given up her humanity to become something more.

These stories and more are available in the first short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, covering year one on Earth. When the world ends, humanity steps up, finding new ways to survive in a world with Classes, magic and monsters. The anthology features exciting, new stories by five new writers and a new, never publicly released short story by Tao Wong.

The System Apocalypse world was first introduced in ‘Life in the North’ and is a LitRPG science fiction and fantasy post-apocalyptic work that features monsters, science fiction technology, character sheets, supernatural races and ancient myths in one heady, LitRPG brew.

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Short Story Anthology 2.

The System Apocalypse Short Story Anthology: Volume II

Dashing tales of heroics and everyday life abound in the second System Apocalypse short story anthology. Competing alien and human settlements clash, and a simple party planner is caught between in After Party. A New York trashman and his friend fight off loan sharks and exploit the System for gain, finding treasure among others garbage in Completely Trashed and a prisoner must decide between his humanity and humanity itself in WWMRD?

With over ten stories from exciting new voices and a few veterans of the universe, the second anthology highlights the lives and struggles of humanity’s best and worst years after System advent.

The second System Apocalypse short story anthology takes place between books 4 and 6 and covers years two to six during that period.

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