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In a grim post-apocalyptic future, teenage Breq works as a corpse diver in the virtual sci-fi game Bane to investigate his best friend's death. What begins as a search for answers quickly blurs the line between in-game survival and real-world danger.

You'll like it if you enjoy

  • A loyal, resourceful young MC
  • Weak-to-strong progression
  • Sci-fi dungeon diving
  • An expanding ensemble cast

Good to know

  • A dark tone and grim setting

Tags

  • Ensemble Cast
  • Weak to Strong
  • No Romance
  • Dark
  • Fast Paced
  • Fast Progression
  • Dungeon Diving
  • LitRPG Elements
  • Post Apocalyptic
  • Survival
  • Virtual World

Reading order

  1. Cover for Star Divers: Dungeons of Bane

    Book 1: Dungeons of Bane

    362 pages11h audio2019

    Dive into a thrilling SciFi LitRPG where the galaxy is ripped apart by warring factions and colossal space fleets. Teenage Breq, desperate to escape his grim, resource-depleted near-future reality, signs on as a 'corpse diver' in the massive online game, Bane. Within Bane's classic SciFi landscapes, Breq embarks on a dangerous, life-threatening quest. His urgent mission: uncover the true reason behind his best friend's death. Breq must rapidly level up his character and master the game's mechanics to stand a chance against a sinister, masked figure whose influence stretches far beyond the virtual world. The very real threat posed by this unknown antagonist puts Breq's life in genuine peril, merging game and reality.

  2. Cover for Contingency (Star Divers Book 2)

    Book 2: Contingency

    2020

    Dive into Star Divers Contingency, a mix of LitRPG, survival horror, and cultivation, as the battle for Bane begins. Breq and his guild are on the run, pursued through unexplored regions by bounty hunters and a rival guild. To protect his comrades, Breq pushes his limits in high-octane racing, mecha boss fights, and planet-sized dungeons. Meanwhile, on a ruined Earth, Talves is trapped within Bane, facing brutal survival without quests or a way to log out. Forced into harsh decisions, he loses his humanity, transforming into a formidable, cold-hearted being whose power, cultivated through desperation, threatens to reshape the world. When Breq finally confronts Talves, the line between good and evil blurs, and both must answer: what would you sacrifice to survive, and to save your friends?

  3. Cover for Star Divers: Cold Zone (A Sci-Fi LitRPG Adventure)

    Book 3: Cold Zone

    410 pages2022

    The year is 2074. On the run from authorities and corporations, Breq and Hannah escape a flooded Earth, risking everything to return to Bane—a future world of cyborgs, nanites, and starships. Their desperate mission: save old friends—Myra, Gorge, Cass, and Kira—who have become family, even if it means allying with the 'bad guys.' But a vengeful threat from the past plots betrayal, complicating their quest. Reunited, Breq faces his hardest challenge yet: a race against time, diving into a derelict starship to seize control of his fate and protect those he loves. A dark truth about Bane will be revealed as past and future collide on a journey to a post-apocalyptic Earth. Enter the Cold Zone, a brutal void where the future is no longer just a game. This is progressive sci-fi fantasy mixing survival horror, LitRPG, and classic sci-fi pulp.

  4. Cover for Star Divers: Mercy of the Wind (A Sci-Fi LitRPG Apocalypse)

    Book 4: Mercy of the Wind

    526 pages2022

    Breq’s journey concludes in Mercy of the Wind, the Star Divers series finale. Trapped 30,000 years in a post-apocalyptic future Earth—a nightmare of alien beasts, giant insects, and dark cultivators—Breq must rescue Hannah and defeat Talves.

    Now grown, with his robot, Breq wields a cursed sword and ki-rifle. He unlocks new abilities, awakening an ancient system, as he confronts monsters, cults, moon beasts, and a rogue AI in the ruins of NYC.

    The past lost, the future hinges on a galaxy-altering clash. Breq and the last of humanity, the Chel, confront Talves, ending the War of Bane. Can Breq secure humanity's fate and survive?

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