In the aftermath of the First Wave, survivors learn the truth the System isn’t a one-time catastrophe—it’s an operating system settling in. The sky’s lattice still hums. The HUD still watches. And every mile outside shelter turns into a stat check you can fail only once.
Alec West has one keep his people alive long enough to understand what’s happening.
But understanding isn’t enough.
Because the next step isn’t surviving.
It’s claiming territory.
When a new phenomenon appears—an engineered, expanding barrier that can push back the corruption—a handful of survivors see a chance at something a safe zone. A Firebreak. A line the System can’t easily cross.
Holding it is another matter.
The Firebreak wants power. It wants anchors. It wants sacrifice. And the moment the barrier ignites, everything outside it takes notice—predators, corrupted horrors, and forces that feel less like monsters and more like programs.
To keep the Firebreak alive, the team will have to level smarter, fight harder, and make choices that don’t fit neatly into any morality system.
Because the Firebreak isn’t just protection.
It’s a declaration of war.
FIREBREAK is a high-stakes LitRPG system apocalypse packed with progression, surv
Sorry stopped reading because you changed the story.😕 new character came from out of nowhere and you started from different area. I read book like this not going to do it again. You write good you just to continue from or near where you leave off, not totally change it.
Story didn't aline woth book one. Characters reactions and actions didnt really make sense. Just like some other stuff. The only good thing to note is the authors broad vocabular. Might need to plan the story before just writing anything that comes to mind, especially if what comes to mind doesn't make sense.
I started reading this book as a sequel to book one, but the storyline is completely different and it threw me completely off so I couldn’t finish this book. The characters are the same, but they’re just a completely different storyline
The start of this book felt like someone read the sparknotes of book one, forgot half of it, then started writing. Characters were changed, classes were changed, and locations were changed. The premise is good but this is all poorly executed.
I was a little confused between book one and book two. Looks like there was some name change and Class change as well. Somehow Virgil appears and I for the life of me can’t explain how he got there. Also Alec was supposed to have converted his wife, mom, someone named Jace and Jenny. It’s like book two ignored the last chapter of book one and went back to initiating his wife again. Maybe it’s just me but the confusion was enough to lose a whole Star. Other than that I still like the feel of the story.
Update 7/20/2025 - Above review was after reading the first book. - I read the entire series because I'm a completionist, and I'll save you time and suffering. DO NOT BOTHER reading this series. You will be mad and pissed off for wasting your time. So many errors, and weird aspects to the series where the authors seems like they're writing a completely different book within the same book. He doesn't even bother to maintain the story line, and midway through almost every book from Book 2 onward, he starts telling a different story that doesn't follow along with what you've read previously from the previous books.
Final recommendation DO NOT READ. Waste of time, and for the love of God don't pay for his hot mess.