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Travail Online #2
Resurrection
Coral, Daniel, and their friends have their heads in the game. But what happens when the game gets in their heads?
Strange things are afoot in Travail Online. People like Coral who couldn’t find jobs offline joined Travail so they could grind away at the virtual reality video game and sell in-game items for a bit of real world cash. Travail, however, has just launched new content that turns that premise on its head. The game resurrected a dead god and is using it to brainwash players into pouring their life savings into the game, ruining their livelihoods and threatening to destroy the game’s economy worldwide. Coral can’t stand by while the game mind-hacks players and siphons away their gold, but will getting involved cause more harm than good?
Meanwhile, Daniel has his own concerns. The head of the Assassins’ Guild is still trying to recruit him, the Regent of Travail’s human city wants him to start a war with the dwarves, and the elves seem to be hunting him and his friends. The game just keeps throwing roadblocks in their way, not to mention the mess it’s making of their minds…
Welcome to Travail, where hard play makes fun work!
RESURRECTION is the second full book in the TRAVAIL ONLINE series. Find out whether Coral and Daniel can keep their wits about them long enough to save Travail from the brink of world war and psychological destruction.
Strange things are afoot in Travail Online. People like Coral who couldn’t find jobs offline joined Travail so they could grind away at the virtual reality video game and sell in-game items for a bit of real world cash. Travail, however, has just launched new content that turns that premise on its head. The game resurrected a dead god and is using it to brainwash players into pouring their life savings into the game, ruining their livelihoods and threatening to destroy the game’s economy worldwide. Coral can’t stand by while the game mind-hacks players and siphons away their gold, but will getting involved cause more harm than good?
Meanwhile, Daniel has his own concerns. The head of the Assassins’ Guild is still trying to recruit him, the Regent of Travail’s human city wants him to start a war with the dwarves, and the elves seem to be hunting him and his friends. The game just keeps throwing roadblocks in their way, not to mention the mess it’s making of their minds…
Welcome to Travail, where hard play makes fun work!
RESURRECTION is the second full book in the TRAVAIL ONLINE series. Find out whether Coral and Daniel can keep their wits about them long enough to save Travail from the brink of world war and psychological destruction.
- GenresFantasy
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 15, 2017
49 people are currently reading
33 people want to read
About the author
Brian Simons
8 books23 followersIf Brian Simons were an action figure, he would come pre-equipped with a coffee cup jammed into one hand socket and an e-reader in the other. A former barista, corporate attorney, and health educator, Brian has finally started writing down the stories that have bottled up in his head.
Brian’s LitRPG stories are inspired by the never-too-many books and video games he has consumed his whole life. You may find him in a café near his Philadelphia home writing, reading, and worshiping a cup of sweet, sweet coffee.
Brian’s LitRPG stories are inspired by the never-too-many books and video games he has consumed his whole life. You may find him in a café near his Philadelphia home writing, reading, and worshiping a cup of sweet, sweet coffee.
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September 26, 2017
Living in another world can be soothing. A new life, a new identity – forgetting about all your worries. Resurrection, the second book in the Travail Online-Series, leaves the reader thinking about life and about technology in its entirety that might end everything we are so keen on preserving…
Brian Simons introduces the reader to characters facing challenges in an artificial world. What I find impressing is that this story develops and won´t ever come to a standstill. You might think that a world of this kind has boundaries but the author proves you wrong. Every time you want to yell „I´ve got it all figured out“, the story takes a turn and a new plot twist leaves you awestruck.
Carol is one of my favorite characters because she is not only authentic but coping with her life the way most people would – by trying to escape. But in the first novel, she turns out to be much more than I wanted to give her credit for at the beginning. The second book in the series is a whole new chapter for the protagonists. Although somehow, they seem to be stuck in the first one. Procrastination is what they are all about, it seems – Every time they face a new challenge, they master it but their way of thinking just wouldn´t change. This made me furious at times because I just wanted to yell at them to open their eyes and see!
Brian Simons is a brilliant author because he knows exactly how to engage a reader in a story. The LitRPG genre is quite new to me but I´m glad for it to have been him to introduce me to it.
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Travail Online: Resurrection by Brian Simons is a good sequel in a truly unique series.
Brian Simons introduces the reader to characters facing challenges in an artificial world. What I find impressing is that this story develops and won´t ever come to a standstill. You might think that a world of this kind has boundaries but the author proves you wrong. Every time you want to yell „I´ve got it all figured out“, the story takes a turn and a new plot twist leaves you awestruck.
Carol is one of my favorite characters because she is not only authentic but coping with her life the way most people would – by trying to escape. But in the first novel, she turns out to be much more than I wanted to give her credit for at the beginning. The second book in the series is a whole new chapter for the protagonists. Although somehow, they seem to be stuck in the first one. Procrastination is what they are all about, it seems – Every time they face a new challenge, they master it but their way of thinking just wouldn´t change. This made me furious at times because I just wanted to yell at them to open their eyes and see!
Brian Simons is a brilliant author because he knows exactly how to engage a reader in a story. The LitRPG genre is quite new to me but I´m glad for it to have been him to introduce me to it.
Rating
Travail Online: Resurrection by Brian Simons is a good sequel in a truly unique series.
November 9, 2018
why not kill the thief pk ?
why throw her weapon away instead of dealing the killing blow?
why stop the fight and talk to her?
she's not an npc...she doesn't have any quest...what is there to gain from letting her cry and talk?
I had to stop reading at that point.
Maybe she's got a good reason to pk them...but I will never know...because in a real situation, we wouldn't have found out either.
they all need money in real life...they kill her...sell her gear..the end.
Your beta readers should have told you that it wasn't realistic behavior.
They let you down. It's so sad.
Fantasy = real people within an unrealistic world
The only genre with weird people...doing weird things for weird reasons is Sci-Fi...truly alien beings with unknown motivations and unknowable ways of thinking.
think about that...and get new beta readers. Good luck.
why throw her weapon away instead of dealing the killing blow?
why stop the fight and talk to her?
she's not an npc...she doesn't have any quest...what is there to gain from letting her cry and talk?
I had to stop reading at that point.
Maybe she's got a good reason to pk them...but I will never know...because in a real situation, we wouldn't have found out either.
they all need money in real life...they kill her...sell her gear..the end.
Your beta readers should have told you that it wasn't realistic behavior.
They let you down. It's so sad.
Fantasy = real people within an unrealistic world
The only genre with weird people...doing weird things for weird reasons is Sci-Fi...truly alien beings with unknown motivations and unknowable ways of thinking.
think about that...and get new beta readers. Good luck.
December 14, 2018
I enjoyed it for the most part. The narration was excellent. It would have been a 4, except quite a few stupid events happened, and Coral's self righteousness near the end drove me crazy.
"How dare you poison that evil regent and all his guards to prevent him from murdering a bunch of innocent people and enslaving them?!" Pretty much the gist of her outrage before she gets angry about secrets being kept about a personal quest, while she has no problem doing her own thing lol.
"How dare you poison that evil regent and all his guards to prevent him from murdering a bunch of innocent people and enslaving them?!" Pretty much the gist of her outrage before she gets angry about secrets being kept about a personal quest, while she has no problem doing her own thing lol.
May 12, 2020
Completely absorbing and interesting throughout--perfect diversion from the "real world". I love the character development, the clever plotting, the fascinating world, and the realistic approach each character takes throughout. An excellent combination of fun and seriousness. Well-done, indeed! Wish to goodness next two were available on Audible. Tied with a couple others as top of the LitRPG genre. As a postscript...love love love the lack of sexism.
December 17, 2017
The sensibilities of that Southpark WoW episode set in a game that's about as sophisticated as vanilla EQ.
January 17, 2018
The secibd book in this series explores the cire characters further and manages to carry the story forward in an interesting and fast paced narrative. my only complaint is how sudden it ended.
December 16, 2017
Good read.
From a review, I started with this book (haven't read book 1). I liked the overall storyline and the crafting of the main character. A good self contained story.
From a review, I started with this book (haven't read book 1). I liked the overall storyline and the crafting of the main character. A good self contained story.
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