Big Eyes, Small Mouth: Ikarion Quest - A LITRPG Adventure

“An Omniversal executive is complaining that we never returned their virtuoid after the cross-over World Event. The next season of Rogue Angel starts in three weeks.” Monad CEO Louise Carrel’s lips quirked, the first show of emotion. “Don’t tell me something happened. You promised  that transferring AI between systems posed no risk.”

The pressure in his gut relaxed a fraction. She didn’t know. He still had time to set things right. Still had a chance to pretend the entire Ikarion Gate episode had never happened. Still had a chance to pretend the virtuoid hadn’t slipped off to another—quite real—realm of the Multiverse. All he had to do was find a way to do the impossible: reach a hand across the Multiverse, to the realm of Ikaris, and retrieve the Rogue Angel back to Ikarion and the Nexus. 

“Of course. I’ll look into it. Right away. Is there anything else?” he asked.

“That’ll be all. I don’t want to hear from that Omniverse exec again, you understand? Get it done.” The transmission terminated. 

With an explosive sigh, he sagged back. Ikarion was modeled after his grandfather’s diary entries on Ikaris, which until recently he’d considered to be a work of fiction. With the Ikarion Gate now gone, he was at a loss for how to retrieve the Rogue Angel. The clock was ticking and he had less than three weeks to do the impossible.

Ikarion Quest is an isekai LitRPG adventure novel – Book Two in the Ikarion trilogy, following Ikarion Gate – that unfolds in BESM's Anime Multiverse setting. What's a LitRPG, you ask? Here's the (edited) entry from the Wikipedia page:

"LitRPG, short for literary role playing game, is a literary genre combining the conventions of computer RPGs with science-fiction and fantasy novels. In LitRPG, games or game-like challenges form an essential part of the story, and visible RPG statistics (for example Body, Mind, and Soul) are a significant part of the reading experience. This distinguishes the genre from novels that tie in with a game, like those set in the world of Dungeons and Dragons; books that are actual games, such as the choose-your-own-path Fighting Fantasy type of publication; or games that are literally described, like MUDs and interactive fiction. Typically, the main character in a LitRPG novel is consciously interacting with the game or game-like world and attempting to progress within it."

Ikarion Quest continues the exploits of Tito, an anonymous Imago slummer who was mysteriously transported through the Ikarion VR MMO game into the real fantasy world of Ikaris as his alter ego identity, Card the Hedge Merchant. Trapped in a virtual realm with no way to log out, Card’s journey will soon force him to confront his newfound destiny.

This second Ikarion LitRPG novel is available in multiple formats:

• 400-page printed hardcover novel, complete with dust jacket and foil-stamped cover
• Digital text in a variety of formats (EPUB, MOBI, PDF)
• 13-hour narrated audiobook

Download the free Ikarion Quest PDF preview of the first five novel chapters below or listen to a five-minute sample of the audiobook on Youtube.