Showing results for "Corruption" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

In the wake of the rebel Niyandrians' abduction attempt, Anskar DeVantte, now a knight-inferior of the Order of Eternal Vigilance, has set sail with the Grand Master, bound for the mother house in Sansor. Anskar has already begun to suspect that the Order's holy convictions aren't as pure as they appear, and his doubts are confirmed when the ship detours to the slave markets of Atya. As the Grand Master gathers an expedition to retrieve an ancient artifact from an unearthed ruin, Anskar finds himself torn.

April 3rd, 3:46 AM. Planet Earth merges with the magical world of Arcadia, and a system gives humanity a choice: 40 years of indentured servitude, or entering a tutorial as a user to fight against the chaos incursion. Will doesn't hesitate—but the system thanks him for stepping into the fight by throwing him into an impossible tutorial. With little chance of survival, Will has a simple response: “Screw it. Might as well fight fire with fire."

Will is in the process of ranking up to silver. Alongside him, his elf companion Caiyeri has managed to sneak into the tournament via a Champion’s Pass. They won’t be uncontested. Silver-rank elves are joining en masse, and they want him dead. That kaiju he just got rid of? Well, he’s going to have to deal with it now.

With great corruption comes great power. Jack is pretty sure that's the way the saying goes. It's a good thing, too, for the war in Ter’nodril, which he’d hoped would spell the beginning of the end for the DIR, instead left him corrupted, body and soul. The good news is that the Fallen used the Blight that now fills his veins as a weapon in their war against the gods themselves. He’s sure that he can find a way to use it, too, to destroy Valia Online once and for all. He even knows exactly who he'll test its power against first: Manhart.

Nightsveil has fallen. Humankind is reeling. It is the start of a war between planes. The Primeval Demon, Belzu, continues to wreak havoc throughout the Human Lands. Saffron Merryster shall try to gather the Greater Vampire Families against this threat, Edithe Dawnrise will work to unite her broken company after the company war, and Daniel Song will finally brave his way into Elutra. All of them working separately to tackle Belzu. But Salvos only has one goal: grow stronger.

Kel Carpenter and Lucinda Dark present Book 4 in the Dark Maji series.

Craig Jackson was on his way to start a new life overseas when his plane went down over the Pacific. Instead of dying, he wakes up in a tower filled with cultists in the middle of an arcane ritual: the summoning of their dread God, the Corruption Lord. When they see him, instead, they think he's the answer to their prayers. Now, Craig is trapped in a fantasy world, hunted by an order of gorgeous female warriors dedicated to slaying him before he can regain his powers.

On the night of Samhain, the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, and ancient magic runs wild in Old London. When Lady Bergamon is attacked in her Ivy Street garden, Yannia Wilde is asked to investigate. Who has enough power to harm Lady Bergamon in her own domain? While Yannia searches for the answer, nature herself appears to be killing beings in Old London. Yannia and her sidekick Karrion join forces with New Scotland Yard to solve the baffling deaths. But wherever they turn, all the clues point back towards Ivy Street.

What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into 70 years from now scared the hell out of her. She and her Tangent colleagues brought their terrible discovery to the President and were met with a hail of automatic gunfire after leaving the White House. Only Paige survived.

Logically, the war ends with one form of life in utter control of the world. All other life forms gone. That is the goal; that is the only true victory! Now established within the Science Elite, Davros and his team are pushing the boundaries of Kaled experimentation further and further forward.

A college grad with the six-figure debt to prove it, Ethan Block views San Francisco as the place to be. Yet his job at hot new dating app DateDate is a far cry from what he envisioned. Instead of making the world a better place, he reviews flagged photo queues, overworked and stressed out. But that's about to change. Reeling from a breakup, Ethan decides to view his algorithmically matched soulmate on DateDate. He overrides the system and clicks on the profile. Then, he disappears. One minute, he’s in a windowless office, and the next, he’s in a field of grass, gasping for air.

Craig has accepted the mantle of Corruption Lord and taken control of his ancestral fortress. All of which has made him public enemy number one. An ancient race of gorgeous female warriors wants to purge him from the world. A sadistic Princess wants to make him her pet. Only his growing harem of powerful demons can take the fight on his terms. Craig must conquer his enemies - or die trying.

Maine cast a good luck spell to save the love of her life from prison, but at what cost? Magic is controlled by chaos, and with every instance of magically enhanced good luck comes some corresponding bad luck. Sage is free, but so is the Demon who created the Mantle. The Demon has escaped from his celestial prison. He is gathering his minions and is gunning for the Mantle. But the Mantle isn't the only weapon the Demon wants. There are other, more powerful items around . . . and none more so than Father Time's Clock.

Coye is a young, half-elf adventurer who works out of the Cransmere Adventurer's Guild. He's strong, skilled at what he does, but none too bright, and on top of that, he's had one big problem his whole life—he's way too damn cute. Girls and boys alike have always teased him, and lately, things have only worsened, leading the innocent and naïve boy to be lost in a sea of awkwardness. He takes on a job leading him into the infamous Gnarled Woods, only for a random encounter with a capricious girl one-eighth his size to insert herself into his life.

Lilith Carson is a normal girl whose parents died suddenly. She moves to a different state with her aunt she never knew. When she arrives she cuts herself off from everyone. She longs for friendship but doesn't trust anyone enough to let them in. Until one day when her crush appears beside her in the library. From there, they fell in love fast and hard.

After the death of Tristan, Lilith finds herself paralyzed in her heartache. She blames herself for his death and can’t forgive herself. She punishes herself by cutting herself off from everyone that cares about her. Soon, Lilith finds herself facing off with someone from her past and finds out that her life has been a lie. She learns of her parent’s betrayal and questions her very existence. Betrayal, heartache, and death are a constant in Lilith’s life. With a darkness that is growing inside of her every day, Lilith is ready to give up and give in.

Lilith is faced with the ultimate betrayal when she learns that her parents' death wasn't an accident. Instead, they were murdered by someone close to her. She will have to make a choice that will change her life drastically, and Lilith finds herself making rash decisions without thinking about the consequences.

At the edge of fatigue on the last vestiges of sight he sees it. Carrying the purest blade ever forged he pursues it. Filth. Vile and wretched creature. He spits. Born out of corruption and slavery. Grass blackening. Uncertainty. Who is he? Does he have what it takes?

An actual play adventure, using The Sprawl: A Powered By The Apocalypse game system. This is a dark sci-fi adventure, set on the moon. Three friends risk it all to make the big time, only to find themselves in bigger trouble than they ever expected.

Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people has been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit they faked the death of the legendary superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city 30 years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero’s five years of cleaning up Chicago’s streets. Then the Kingfisher died, Chicago resumed its violent turmoil, and Marcus slid back into obscurity. But did the Kingfisher really die?