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Chicago, sometime. Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. After their meeting, those things do not change. Everything else, however, is slightly different.

As a programmer, Ike knows all about Virtual Dive Experiences (VDX), but when he suddenly wakes up in a virtual game he's never heard of, he’s too busy struggling to survive to worry about how he got there. Luckily, he's got a trick up his sleeve: the ability to program custom enchantments for his gear. He’ll need that and more to figure out what’s going on, since there’s no tutorial and True Calling plays by its own rules....

Clay is out of commission. Zack is missing. Tat gets sicker by the day. To the west, an army of demons gathers under Warren’s banner. Before Ike can deal with any of it, he must travel north to Garran Mor, a city of elves, fairies, and beast folk beneath the canopy of the great Ard Tree. The clock is ticking to find the last Sage Key, but the locals are less than welcoming. Can Ike convince them he isn’t a villain, despite the sacred blood of a Tuatha staining his hands? Can he even convince himself?

One adventure ends while another begins. Along with Ada, Dusty, Clay, and Milly–plus a familiar stowaway–Ike leaves Weir and travels to the capital city of Halorin. On the surface, it’s a quest to meet the King, but Ike’s primary goal is to find the Sage Keys so he can finally log out.

Sixteen-year-old Chase Addams just had the worst birthday of his entire life. He was terrorized at school by a death god, spent the evening in a haunted house, and even faced off with an urban legend in the flesh. If this wasn’t enough to ruin the average person’s day, it ended with his best friend and girlfriend, Asra Saitou, being dragged off into the abyss by a mysterious arm wreathed in flames. Chase soon discovers this kidnapping is part of a hidden war between the land of the living and the lands of the dead.

After Zack’s revelation, Ike leaves the party and travels alone, arriving at a ruined tower above the quiet mountain village of Glyncroes. He tells himself it’s to keep everyone safe, but can he even do this alone? How long will it take for his party to find him? Will a mask be enough to hide his identity? And why does everyone keep mistaking him for the Unsung Sage of myth?

Welcome to Tales of the EdgeWorlds—an off-the-walls sci-fi fantasy action comedy series with no rules or limits! This wild, 4-story package takes you on an adventure through the disorderly and broken edge of a multiverse that's like nothing you've seen before and delivering unforgettable laughs and thrills along the way! You'll meet mutants, space vampires, interplanetary mafias running giant casinos, and cyborg space pirates. Anything and everything goes in the EdgeWorlds. Get ready for a wild ride!

The Modern Man's Dating Guide is a book dedicated to helping men everywhere talk to, attract, and seduce the woman of their dreams. Rest assured, there are essential skills involved that must be learned and must be developed. But any man is capable of doing this, and once you know what these skills are, your chances of getting women you previously thought were out of your league will be exponentially increased.