


Books in series

#1
Star Divers
Dungeons of Bane
2019
Teenage Breq escapes the grim streets of a resource low, near-future world to take a job as a 'corpse diver' in a massive online SciFi game, Bane. Breq finds himself in a dangerous, life-threatening adventure within the game as he searches for the reason for the death of his best friend.
With landscapes and settings that evoke the SciFi classics, our hero must level up his character as fast as he can, so as to be able to take on and defeat a sinister, masked figure. Especially as the threat posed by the unknown character is not limited to events within the game.
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#2
Contingency
2020
High octane racing, mecha boss fights, planet-sized dungeons, LitRPG The battle for Bane begins... Breq’s journey continues as he and his guild escape into unexplored regions of the universe chased by bounty hunters and a rival high level guild. If his comrades are to survive, Breq must use all his ability on their behalf. Whether racing top-of-the-range craft, fighting mecha bosses, or exploring planet-sized dungeons, Breq's every action and reaction is put to test. Across the galaxy on a ruined Earth, Talves is trapped inside Bane. With no quests, no interface, and no way to logout, he forces himself to survive no matter how harsh the decisions he is forced to make. As he loses his humanity, Talves becomes a cold-hearted being with the power to turn the entire world upside down. When Breq faces Talves, the stakes are higher than ever and the choices between good and evil are blurred. What would you be prepared to do to survive? To ensure your friends survive? Star Divers Contingency is a mix of LitRPG, survival horror, and cultivation.

#3
Cold Zone
2022
More aliens, more mechs, more loot…
The year is 2074. The Battle for Bane continues... On the run from authorities and corporations Breq and Hannah escape the New England Recovery Zone and find themselves in the flooded city of New Harris. Together they risk everything to journey back into the future world of Bane, a world of cyborgs, nanites, starships, and superpowers, to save their friends, even if it means joining up with the 'bad guys.' Meanwhile, a threat from the past is plotting vengeance, and he doesn't care who he has to kill or betray to get it. Reunited with old friends in the future, including Myra, Gorge, Cass, and Kira. Breq will face his hardest challenge yet, a race against time as he dives into a derelict starship to take control of his own fate to save the guildmates who have become his family. A dark truth about Bane will be revealed as the past and future collide in a journey to a post-apocalyptic Earth. Enter the Cold Zone, the Lost Quadrant, a brutal never-ending void of space where nothing will ever be the same and the future is no longer just a game.
’ One small step for man, one large apocalypse for mankind.’
Star Divers is a progressive sci-fi fantasy mixing equal parts survival horror, LitRPG, and classic sci-fi pulp.

#4
Mercy of the Wind
2022
Breq’s journey ends. Trapped with no plans to return to the past, the future is a post-apocalyptic nightmare. Earth, 30k+ years our future, is now home to alien beasts, giant insects, robots, and a rogue AI connected to a virtual heaven. Caught between mutated monsters and dark cultivators, every minute on the surface is a struggle for survival. Breq must break all the rules if he is going to rescue Hannah and defeat Talves in a battle of wills. Levels 1-120 were just the beginning as Breq unlocks new abilities and awakens an ancient system locked inside of him. With little more than a cursed sword and a ki-rifle Breq and his team must confront a dangerous cult, moon beasts, and more before diving down to a post-apocalyptic Earth and the ruins of NYC. All culminating into a final clash between the last of humanity, the Chel, and Talves. The past is lost and the fate of the future will be decided as the War of Bane comes to a bitter end in a battle that will have a ripple effect across the entire galaxy. Can Breq rescue Hannah in time and survive what has become of Earth? Mercy of the Wind is the epic 150k word conclusion to the Star Divers series that all started when a boy, now grown, accompanied by their robot companion, went from being a nobody in a game of millions to a hero who has dared to dream loudly as they ventured across time and space for survival, for loot, for their guild, and for vengeance. All systems red. Core collapse in 3, 2, 1 …. Let’s go.

#5
Myra's Song
2021
A secret war. A prison planet. A quest to survive... Myra lost everything in Bane. Now, forced against her will to become a pawn in a very dangerous game she wakes up on an alien world called Eda, alone, inside a new body, in the ruins of a crashed starship. The rules are simple. If she is going to survive she must make it to the Hub, level up, and fight against alien creatures, daemons, and dungeons unlike anything she's ever seen.
Myra's Song is set in the Star Divers Universe but can be read Stand-Alone.

#6
Star Divers Winter Festival
2018
Available: https://www.levelup.pub/what-is-litrpg/
Author

Stephen Landry
Author · 11 books
Stephen Landry is a 32 year old writer and graphic designer living in Nashville,TN with his fiancée, two rescue dogs, and cat. Much of his work is character driven science fiction (space opera with aspects of fantasy, horror, and time travel) and LitRPG. When not writing Stephen can be found doing graphic design for many different clients including other authors, publishing companies, independent film studios, and more recently a few video game companies.