Survival Systems

In Systems of Survival, Jane Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes—one governing commerce, the other politics—and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She looks at business fraud and criminal enterprise, government’s overextended subsidies to agriculture, and transit police who abuse the system the are supposed to enforce, and asks us to consider instances in which snobbery is a virtue and industry a vice.

Marie and Erik were having a normal day, sitting at the table drinking coffee while Marie worked on her PhD thesis. She had been having strange headaches all her life, though, and the past few days seemed to be worse than normal. Suddenly, her headache spiked - she saw strange words floating in the air and on her computer screen... Some kind of countdown...? At noon, the system arrived with a message... System Initialization Complete. Welcome to the Multiverse! Your planet has now been integrated into the system. Please review your status screen and familiarize yourself. If your health ...

Waking up after a plane crash is bad. Waking up with a glitchy blue HUD only you can see? That's a whole new level of messed up. Alex Thorne thought the worst was over when he dragged himself ashore onto a deserted island paradise. Then the System messages started. Starving, injured, and fighting for every scrap, Alex realizes survival isn't just about finding food and water—it's about leveling up. [Urgent Quest: Survive!] Rewards: Continued Existence. Failure: Don’t. With a snarky System tracking his every stat, assigning quests, and doling out skills for everything from [Crawling (...

Primal Ascension – A pulse-pounding, action-packed survival saga where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Lloyd’s world shatters in an instant—one moment, he’s living an ordinary life with his family; the next, he’s thrown into a brutal, otherworldly dungeon teeming with monstrous creatures, ruthless trials, and an unforgiving system that governs his every move. Selected as part of Earth’s last hope, he must fight, adapt, and evolve—or perish. As he battles through deadly environments, levels up his skills, and uncovers the mysteries of the World Dungeon, Lloyd faces a...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, coming of age, slice of life, and ...

Hunter Graves was the kind of man who lived behind glass—quiet, unreadable, a data analyst with a poker face and a life built on routine. But when a storm of lightning ripped his world apart, Hunter and everyone he knew were thrown into the Multiversal System, a brutal trial of survival where humanity was nothing more than raw material to be tested. Accepting the class of a healer, Hunter should have been relegated to the backline. Instead, his cold pragmatism and honed martial skill make him something far more dangerous: a fighter who refuses to die by the rules others set for him. While...

The World is Dead. The Hunt Has Begun. It started as a calculated attack—terrorist squads infected with a deadly virus unleashed on the U.S. and Europe. But no one predicted what came next. The virus mutated, spreading like wildfire, consuming entire nations. Millions died. The unlucky ones came back. Mindless. Rabid. Driven by a single, relentless instinct—to hunt and kill the few who remain. Hunter, a battle-hardened Iraq War veteran, was ready to leave violence behind. But when civilization collapses overnight, he finds himself back in the fight of his life. Teaming up with a band of...

They told us the Beast System was “future prophecy.” They were wrong. It’s already here. AI is watching. Digital ID is spreading. Governments and corporations are merging their data. And the world is being quietly funneled toward a single global system foretold long before our generation was born. The Beast System Is Here takes you inside the rise of a world-shaping network built through surveillance, biometrics, digital currency, and psychological manipulation. This isn’t theory. This isn’t guesswork. This is the real technology forming the foundation of what Scripture warned ...

How much will you sacrifice to survive in a world turned game? When friends and family fall to monsters and aliens everyday, will you choose safety over freedom? These are the questions the survivors in the Yukon must ask themselves. New alien masters arrive, offering safety from ever stronger monsters in return for their freedom and future potential. Thrust into a position of power and influence by dint of his Levels, John must choose—not just for himself but Whitehorse itself. The price, however, might be more than he is willing to pay.

Hunter Graves has survived the opening days of the Trial, bloodied, hardened, and marked by a new profession: Exiled Tyrant. What began as a struggle for survival has turned into calculated evolution, each fight pushing him to grow faster, stronger, and colder than before. But the deeper he carves into this world, the clearer it becomes that something is wrong. The Trial isn’t following its rules. When Hunter uncovers a ritual of flames and blood, the illusion of order shatters. Dungeons shift. Laws of the System twist. Someone, or something, is tampering with the foundations of the ...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham finally confronts...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. It's been a few days ...

The end of the Trial is here... Hunter has never been patient, especially when patience means weakness. While humanity panics, fights agaisnt beasts, and tears itself apart under the weight of the Trial, Hunter moves with purpose. One dungeon falls, then a second, a third, a fourth, cleared faster than anyone expected. Every conquest sharpens him. Every boss slain feeds the storm of destructive mana boiling under his skin. His body evolves. His mind calcifies into something ruthless. But speed has a price. The Trial begins to break.And through it all, Hunter fights alone inside the Trial. ...

Glitches are appearing across the Minecraft server. Blocks are flickering unexpectedly and randomly disappearing. To make matters worse, villagers are claiming that their entire villages have mysteriously vanished, and they desperately need Gameknight999's help. What's causing the server to overload and glitch, and where have all the NPCs gone? The User-that-is-not-a-user suspects the two questions are related, and that somehow Herobrine's henchmen are responsible.

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham is lined up at ...

Out of one system and into another Graham grew up an orphan and had always been a victim of the oppressive government system, constantly bullied and pushed around. But when he is unceremoniously ejected from the government system, he is taken in by a rogue System Node from the powerful Grand Cosmic System, everything changed. With newfound abilities and strength, Graham can finally stand up to his tormentors and embark on an epic journey of stat filled proportions. Follow along in this fun litRPG adventure filled with action, danger, game-changing twists, and stats. Graham is on his way to ...

Some children scream. Maya Sanders didn’t. At just seven years old, Maya is returned to a home filled with shadows—and when the system checks the boxes, she says nothing. Not because she’s okay. Because she knows silence is safer. When Maya is placed with Janine Thompkins, a foster mother who sees beyond behavior, a quiet war begins—not just for custody, but for truth. As Janine uncovers what Maya cannot say, she faces a system designed to measure compliance, not pain. A devastating, lyrical novel about the cost of being unheard—and the quiet revolution it takes to be free. Some ...

From one IT career to another Jace never asked for much out of life—just a steady paycheck, a quiet desk, and maybe fewer wedgies than the average orphan. After years of surviving bullies and clawing his way into an IT Security career, he thought he’d finally found stability. That was… until the pink slip landed on his desk. Fired. But when one door slams shut, sometimes a very strange one creaks open. While scrolling the job board, Jace stumbled across a very different IT career path. Join Jace in this action-packed LitRPG adventure—equal parts slice-of-life, tycoon sim, and stat-...

From one IT Career Into Another Jace never asked for much out of life—just a steady paycheck, a quiet desk, and maybe fewer wedgies than the average orphan. After years of surviving bullies and clawing his way into an IT Security career, he thought he’d finally found stability. That was… until the pink slip landed on his desk. Fired. But when one door slams shut, sometimes a very strange one creaks open. While scrolling the job board, Jace stumbled across a very different IT career path. Join Jace in this action-packed LitRPG adventure—equal parts slice-of-life, tycoon sim, and stat...

Alex Thorne's uneasy peace on Idiot Island is shattered by fresh wreckage and a wary new survivor, Maya. Together, they must navigate the island's treacherous System, forge an alliance, and battle not only ruthless pirates but also a creeping sickness that threatens to consume their sanctuary. As tremors shake the land and ominous whispers fill the air, Alex and Maya delve into the island's ancient secrets, unearthing a toxic corruption—the Weeping Metal—and awakening an ancient horror. With their crafting skills pushed to the limit, they must forge powerful Wards from a mysterious ore,...