Crucible

Awaken Online, Book 12

De: Travis Bagwell

Narrado por: David Stifel

Trust is a weapon. Power demands sacrifice. The crucible awaits.

The world of Awaken Online has been reborn. Ancient avatars and their cities have returned, unleashing chaos and armies from the game world's savage past. Jason and his allies are beset on all sides—by the original avatars, an unrelenting tide of travelers, and even their own secrets.

However, Jason is done playing defense; he’s done reacting. It’s time to take the fight to his enemies in both worlds. And that starts by using their own weapons against them, including the relics Jason stole from the ancient avatars.

Yet nothing comes for free. Jason has already sacrificed his body, but to unlock his relic—to succeed—he'll have to give up something more: his humanity.

This is Jason's crucible.

Either he'll shatter and break...

Or he'll reforge himself into something stronger than ever before.

The eighth book in the hit LitRPG Fantasy series with more than a million copies sold and now spanning 14 novels. Grab your copy of Awaken Online now and get ready to sink into some good old fashioned undead mayhem.

About the Series: A staple of the LitRPG genre and one of the most popular VRMMO LitRPGs ever written, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Follow the story of a young man—a loner and outcast—pushed to his limit... only to rise in AO as a force to be reckoned with. As a villain that can control the undead. Lots of skeletons. Lots of undead crafting. Lots of carnage.

©2026 Travis Bagwell (P)2026 Travis Bagwell

Amazing overall

So, I really enjoyed this overall; it was a great way to tie all the events together, and it was extremely well written. My one small complaint is the ending—I'm not cool with a cliffhanger like that. But seriously, it's a good book and definitely worth checking out.

I can't even

I literally don't know what to say. That ending was masterful.

If you're reading this, get this book. Get the series.

All around greatness

Great story advancement

Great character development and great use of lesser known side characters!

I would go all 5 stars but for my dislike of reality television and Fortnite in general but the use in the story plot was not a total turnoff.

It is rare to see a series get better with each book.

It is rare to see a series get better with each book. This is a great example to show how that can be done!

Best book of the series yet!

I enjoyed this book very much! Lots of story progression on all fronts, character development, and reader development! A couple of chapters had me pausing to think about life! Highly recommend. This has become less of a stat progression and more of a philosophical progression