Neverfall: Mark of the Hero: A Gamelit Lit RPG Series, Book 1 / C. Wintertide, Tim McKiernan, Raythe Reign Publishing,

Four friends go on a quest to save players trapped in Neverfall Online, a virtual reality MMORPG, in this multi-book adventure saga.

Luke Stevens' three best friends are leaving their hometown for college, but he must stay home to care for his mother, who is dying of cancer.

He has accepted his fate, but just as in the video games they love, Luke and his friends are given a real-life quest that changes their lives forever. Dr. Armitage, a secretive man linked with an immersive fantasy role-playing technology, has tracked Luke down to give him a dangerous mission: to rescue the several-hundred beta testers who cannot log out of the cyber world.

Luke's companions won't let him go alone. All four students are assured that they will be transported into the game at the highest level so they can easily defeat the Dark Lord and reset the world of Neverfall.

But when they enter the game, Luke and his friends all begin at Level one: defenseless, poor, and powerless. The party must level up as though their lives depend on it, for it's not just a game.  

Luke, Cassie, Mac, and Christopher must stay alive because though the world is virtual, the deaths are very real...

About the author

C. Wintertide has logged thousands of hours playing not only video game RPGs such as Skyrim and The Witcher, but also DM-ing Dungeons & Dragons. The only thing comparable to the amount of game-hours is the amount of time writing multi-book series with huge worlds, swords, and sorcery, though not under this pen name.  

Neverfall: Mark of the Hero is the first book of many in this video game adventure series.