Immersing himself in the OASIS, a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia, to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir.

Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts discovers in Halliday's vaults a technological advancement that will change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wonderous, and addictive. With it comes a new riddle, a new quest, and a dangerous new rival.

Michael and his friends, Sarah and Bryson, are still being chased by a cyber-terrorist. And now the government is after them, too.

"Five tweens navigate the pandemic by attending an experimental virtual reality school"--

When fifteen-year-old genius Carter Chance agrees to help create the "most advanced video games ever imagined"--something he hopes will impress the hottest girl in town --Carter gets himself involved in a dangerous adventure.

After being grounded to a desk job after botching a routine space-mining mission to establish an interstellar gate to a distant star, Helen discovers that someone intentionally wanted to terminate her project and if necessary, her.

Anxious, awkward Analee Echevarria only feels confident playing her favorite online game, but with a potential real-world romance and her father's remarriage looming, she begins to rediscover herself.

Julius Dax, online repo man and real-life thief, has been hired for a special job--stealing an unknown object from a reclusive tech billionaire--but when he finds out he's stolen the first sentient AI, his payday gets a lot more complicated.

A romantic cyberthriller set in a world of fluid identities follows the experiences of a paid guide to online role-playing games who comes to believe that an anonymous wealthy new client is actually a violent dictator.

Forging a direct mind connection to The Realm and its creator, Rick struggles to destroy Kurodar before he loses his sense of self, an effort that threatens Marial's existence and his relationship with Molly.