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Awaken Online: Crucible
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 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 eigth 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 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.
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 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 eigth 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 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.
912 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2026
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Travis Bagwell
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March 5, 2026
AO at its finest!
Quite simply one of the best entries in the series. Travis really went hard on the horror and villain vibes for this one! And the plot just keeps thickening as real world and game events keep intersecting and colliding. To use the kettle anallogy, things are at a full boil and there's no signs of slowing down.
I really loved the way things played out, but I definitely have questions now for next steps! But too much detail will lead to spoilers! Also there's an absolutely monstrous cliffhanger ending. Travis is just loving leaving us to dangle in frustration after this book and the last with these endings!
Quite simply one of the best entries in the series. Travis really went hard on the horror and villain vibes for this one! And the plot just keeps thickening as real world and game events keep intersecting and colliding. To use the kettle anallogy, things are at a full boil and there's no signs of slowing down.
I really loved the way things played out, but I definitely have questions now for next steps! But too much detail will lead to spoilers! Also there's an absolutely monstrous cliffhanger ending. Travis is just loving leaving us to dangle in frustration after this book and the last with these endings!
March 7, 2026
Great Read again
Keep the magic coming man. Really enjoying this world you've made and the twists and turns you put in. Great job!!!
Keep the magic coming man. Really enjoying this world you've made and the twists and turns you put in. Great job!!!
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