Deadwater: A LitRPG Adventure

by Nathaniel Webb

Book 2 of The Wayfarers, a series of LitRPG novellas. Alex McLeod is broke again. A teenager from Earth, Alex discovered a mysterious old game called Wayfarer, which transported him to the fantasy world of Borealis. There, he and the beautiful elven thief Cerissa embarked on a career of crime, stealing the gold that they need to buy new powers and skills under the rules of Wayfarer. But the money's run out, their exploits have caught up with them, and their friend Bell is in mortal danger. Now Alex and Cerissa must slip Bell out of the city, up the river, and out to freedom on the open sea. But their enemy's power reaches further than they thought, and hanging over everything is the threat of the terrible prison known as Deadwater...

83 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 21, 2018

About the author

Nathaniel "Nat20" Webb is an author and musician from Maine. His writing includes the novels Bard City Blues and A Conventional Murder and the bestselling music biography Marillion in the 1980s. He is the editor of Wyngraf, the magazine of cozy fantasy.

As a lead guitarist, he toured and recorded with numerous acts including Grammy-nominated singers Beth Hart and Jana Mashonee and Colombian pop star Marre.

Nathaniel lives with his family under a massive pile of cats. He can be found on Twitter at @nat20w and Bluesky at @nat20.bsky.social, where he mostly talks about games, writing, and obscure 80s rock bands.