Together

Continue Online #5

by Stephan Morse

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The game is no longer about adventures in a new world or exploring fantasy lands. Grant’s digital wife faces deletion, along with everyone else he cares for. He, and those who know this is more than a game event, search for clues to salvation left behind by the game's creators. Even if he finds them all, the Voices have one last task for their messenger. A sacrifice.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook

353 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2018

About the author

Stephan Morse was born the year 1983 in San Diego. The next fifteen years were spent slowly escaping California and surviving a public education system. Thus far he's made it to the Seattle (WA) region with little desire to go further. When not trying to shove words together into sentences Stephan spends time reading, catching up on sleep, and otherwise living a mundane life.

Reviews

[Ian Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks for the story

These five books have been a wild ride. I had some trouble getting started on this one. But once I made it of the beginning I found it to be a beautiful and satisfying conclusion to the series. I'm very glad that I read this one and the series as a whole.

[Mummy's Naughty Corner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well there we have it. I like the way it ended not such a HEA but still. I like the final fight and how he stayed to fight alone. This wasn't a brilliant series as I'm not a sci fi reader but I did enjoy it. It was refreshing to read something new to me and to enjoy so much off it. I like how he survived that was a neat trick and then what he did in the end was cool. I like the way that this story could become reality within a decade or two.

[Chris Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

F***ing epic.

Morse does such a great job building up the characters of the series that you truly feel for them as the plot goes on, and the conclusion is the penultimate conclusion is no different.

Surprisingly, the climax occurs half way through the book with what is essentially an extreamly long epilogue for the second half. I actually really appreciate this as it allows Morse to tie up the loose ends and give the story a feeling of conclusion rather than just ending like a lot of other books do.

Great series.

[Jon Book · Rating 5 out of 5]

A riveting end to an emotion driven series.

There are few books and even more so, series, that I have read that I enjoy as much as continue online. Grant is a powerful character, driven as much by his flaws as he is his strengths. His journey is emotional and meaningful in a way I rarely see in literature. As such, I have high expectations for any more work from Mr. Morse. To those reading this review, I hope that you enjoy this story as much as I did.

[Bobby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending.

Loved the series. It's a different type of litrpg story. The ending was satisfying. The story was great with good pacing. I loved the world and it was wrapped up well.

[Philip Pleiss · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just wish there were bonus stars.

This series has to be one of the most emotionally compelling ones I have ever read. Seriously a work of art.

[Scott Voyles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending

Wow what a great way to wrap up a fantastic series. Grant finally gets his other half back and fixes continue online and the other games that intersect. Thoroughly enjoyed this series

[Heath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read.

A LitRPG story. The last book in the series. The plot threads made explained. A good and satisfying end to the story.

[Pontificus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was left with a great sense of satisfaction at the end of this amazing tale. Great characters throughout, nice cadence to plot development and difficult to predict.

[Clint Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished!

It’s been an up and down ride but I’m glad I took it. Well played Mr. Morse. It’s not often I’ve figured out the end and want to finish anyways.

[Kurt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series was better than I'd expected, from beginning to end. I do think it shouldn't have been drawn out to five books, but that's a minor complaint, all things considered.

[Travis Bryant · Rating 3 out of 5]

The final book in the series lived up to the rest. This was a very okay series. 👍🏽

[Addie Bogdan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great conclusion to a fun series

I loved this series. Each book had a healthy balance of plot, humor, and witty system messages. I'd recommend this series to all levels of sci-fi fans.

[Pj · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very much in line with the rest of the series, so if you have enjoyed the first four books, you won't be disappointed by book number five. I will say that book five feels more sci-fi and less LitRPG since we are mostly dealing with the idea of virtual consciousness and preserving it rather than playing a game, but I'm okay with that.

Aside from messing up the pronunciation of one character's name (I lost hope that it would be fixed after book 2), the narration of this story is solid. It holds my interest, and does a good job of drawing me into the story. I appreciate the gentle shifts in tone between real people, self aware AIs, and very basic robotic sounding AIs.

I'm, also pleased to say that more care seems to have been put into editing this novel. In previous volumes I was put off by the amount of lip biting and things being described as "insane." In fact, this was my mental picture of Grant based om the previous books:



While there is a little bit of that in this novel, they don't register as echoes and that's a good thing.

Overall, This is a good story. You should read it if you've enjoyed the journey so far.