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<p>(The cover is a temporary version until I get the real one, soon™)</p> <p>Douglas Moore didn't expect anything more than a good gaming evening when he settled down to play the latest early access ARPG.</p> <p>But the world had different plans. Something like an apocalypse and the end of all civilization. Which he missed out, on the account of being dead.</p> <p>Generations after the Fall, Mankind tenaciously clings to its old world. People making their lives. Small communities thriving or failing, settled away from where the reality bends regularly to the scourge of the Manastorms, and the terrifying whims of unseen magic.</p> <p>However, for those who aren't in direct line to inherit the farm, store, business, there are not that many prospects left if you don't want to be a menial farmhand forever. The armies in distant counties are always recruiting. Or you can be salvaging adventurers, delving in the most dangerous mana-filled places to get some Ancient goods, miracle clothes and metals, and other stuff that still sells well, even after a century and a half.</p> <p>They know the risks. It's not Johanna Milton and her friends' first round, and it won't be their last one, hopefully. But this time, the four of them run into trouble and they awaken an Ancient Power.</p> <p>Their lives are now channeled in strange ways, as the powers of the world's System are put in their hands. And one Douglas Moore finds himself playing a familiar game, adjusting stats, picking skills. The four that found his skeleton are his only vistas to reality, and the least – and best – he can do is play God and help them to the utmost of his ability, for he can do little else… from the depths of the Beyond.</p> <p>The Changed Ones is a litrpg fantasy trilogy (Ancient Bones, Ancient Books, Ancient Bonds) set on Earth, 150 years after the RPG Apocalypse... which mostly failed. It is an homage to the venerable ancient RPGs of the Golden Box era, the Baldur's Gates, and many others, offering adventure where You must gather your party before venturing forth.</p> <p>Keywords: LitRPG, realistic setting, low-leveling, post-post-apocalypse, fantasy earth, dual POVs, female primary MC, team adventure, worldbuilding</p> <p>Trigger warnings: casual swearing, adult innuendo (no explicit scenes whatsoever, though). Oh, and potentially a bit of politics.</p> <p>Bonus content: a Litrpg Easter Egg hunt. With lots of eggs across the book, some easy, some hard to find.</p> <p>Current score: 2/5 (5 eggs, 2 found)</p> <p>Publication schedule: Thrice-weekly Monday/Wednesday/Friday releases (hour not entirely fixed).</p>
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