Frank Kozina is a subsistence citizen in a near future, one of many living in minimalist housing, eating synth-meals, and holding down grindstone jobs.
He does, however, have an Endless Sky starter kit. Endless Sky is an immersive space-game with galaxies full of alien species and complex politics. Publicly progressing in the rare class of Majordomo - while hiding his Assassin class – Frank levels up fast.
Which is just as well, because the game has sinister hidden layers that make his choices a matter of life and death.
Don Jones has written dozens and dozens of books and ebooks on information technology topics, and is perhaps most well-known in that space for his "Month of Lunches" series, published by Manning. Don's recently branched out into topics like business management, instructional design, and self-improvement/motivational, along with launching books in science fiction and fantasy. Don lives in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, is a huge fan of Disney Parks, and loves Figment best of all.
This one has a good premise, but there were parts of the writing style I didn't enjoy - though I also had a copy that was mostly final, but still needed some revision. So - another good litrpg book from Level Up Publishing, with a definite yeah you could see something like it happening irl. It could also be the realism that threw me - enjoyable, but too possible for comfort for my tastes. Good job overall though :)