‘Soft And Gentle 15 ---A Remembered Prose’ is a rare, hybrid blend of prose poetry, mini-story, and elegant, enchanting words expressed with heartfelt, captivating imagery and symbolism. It vividly depicts representations of emotions that everyone typically experiences at some time in their life. The writings carry mesmerizing descriptions which effectively transport the reader right alongside the author, seeing and feeling the sentiment of his writing. Most spend their younger adult years...

‘Soft And Gentle 14 ---A Remembered Prose’ is a rare, hybrid blend of prose poetry, mini-story, and elegant, enchanting words expressed with heartfelt, captivating imagery and symbolism. It vividly depicts representations of emotions that everyone typically experiences at some time in their life. The writings carry mesmerizing and passionate descriptions which effectively transport the reader right alongside the author, seeing and feeling the sentiment of his writing. Most spend their youn...

The Darkling City has fallen, but its final Stronghold remains.With the Reality Editor in hand, Jack thought the assault on Skalahólt would be a short victorious war, but his army has been stopped cold, and worse, someone close to him has been taken by the Overmind of Death. Every second counts if Jack wants her back alive, but to even have a chance, he'll have to leave his troops behind and dive into Thanatos's twisted game within a game.Stranded behind en...

The Vogthar Horde has come, and they bring real death with them. Not even players are safe from the power of Malware Blades . . .Worse, the Realm of Order, dominion of the Overmind Sophia, is in danger—slowly being corrupted by an ancient evil, the Lich Priest. And if he is successful, it could mean the end of Sophia and the downfall of the Crimson Alliance. Grim Jack never thought he'd find himself siding with the Empire, but now that this terrible new threat has ...

Life's a game. At least it is for everyone stranded in Viridian Gate Online, the only RPG where you can swap the apocalypse for an avatar and a fist full of magic . . .Jack Mitchell knows he won't survive the impact of the massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth. He's not one of the handful of lucky lottery winners scheduled for rescue. But he did luck into a NexGenVR capsule, which means Jack can risk a one-way trip to the world of Viridan Gate Online (V.G.O.), an...

Jack and the crew of the Crimson Alliance have finally made it back from the Realm of Order, but the threat to Eldgard is deadlier than ever.Vogthar incursions are increasing, dungeons falling in droves, towns and cities ravaged by Darklings—Players and NPCs who have willingly sided with the Dark Overmind Thanatos. But thanks to a priceless artifact Jack found after defeating the Lich Priest, there might be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Jack and company have un...

Not even gods are safe from the power of the fabled Doom-Forged weapon.Grim Jack didn't set out to be the leader of Eldgard's united armies, but with dungeons falling one by one and hordes of Vogthar pouring into the material plane, it's up to him to save both citizens and travelers from digital destruction.His doomsday weapon will take him straight into the heart of Morsheim, but once there, even the combined might of the Empire and the Crimson Alliance mi...

It's been a busy month for thirty-two-year-old Jack Mitchel.Three weeks ago, he died.Two weeks ago, he founded the first Faction in the ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online.A week and a half ago the world ended, destroyed by a cataclysmic asteroid.Seven days ago, he conquered the Imperial city of Rowanheath, bringing all of Eldgard to the brink of war.Though Jack's Faction, the Crimson Alliance, has a tenuous...

The Imperial Legion marches, and war looms on the horizon . . .Jack Mitchel and his misfit crew of rebels never wanted a fight with the Empire, but the time for diplomacy has passed.Ruthless tech genius Robert Osmark is coming, and trailing behind him is a vast army determined to wipe the Crimson Alliance from the face of Eldgard. Impossibly, Jack has united the warring Murk Elf clans under his banner, but even with their aid, the Alliance is still badly ou...

Three days ago, Jack Mitchel saved his life. By dying.He dodged a world-ending bullet—in the form of an extinction-level asteroid cannonballing toward Earth—by successfully uploading his mind into the brand-new, ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online. Unfortunately, he's also stumbled headlong into a secret conspiracy that will transform V.G.O. into a new feudal dark age.Jack expected to live out his new fantasy life in peace, but now...

If you had to choose between your life and your dreams, would you ever wake up?Alan Campbell thought he'd gotten his dream job working on a revolutionary VRMMORPG with Osmark Technologies, until the project was canceled. He has one weekend to dive into an untested world full of intrigue, violence, and corruption to prove that Viridian Gate Online works, but the AIs running the game have their own plans for his soul.Set a year before the events of Viridi...

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