


Books in series

#1
Dragon Seed
2018
Would you risk it all to soar with dragons? Hector Park, a combat-hardened veteran conscripted into the turmoil of the Third World War, now fights a war more personal and insidious—the battle against an unforgiving virus threatening to obliterate humankind. He has three days to live. When all hope seems lost, a lifeline emerges from the Hector's estranged brother offers him a chance to transcend mortality itself with a one-way trip into the revolutionary virtual reality of Archemi. Hector embraces the experimental digital transformation and chooses the difficult path of the Dragon Knight. But Hector isn't the only one with dreams of taking to Archemi's skies. Vicious, ambitious fellow players, corrupt knights and ancient gods make Archemi a battlefield just as dangerous as the war Hector left behind. But if he succeeds? He will earn the trust of a dragon hatchling and forge an impenetrable psychic bond with her, a connection deeper than any human relationship. LitRPG novels combine the structure and satisfaction of role-playing games with sci-fi and fantasy elements, seamlessly weaving game elements with story. If you love Dungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy, and-or the Dragonriders of Pern, then this series will grip you and not let go. Join Hector on this Epic JRPG-inspired LitRPG journey, where the skies beckon and mankind's survival hangs in the balance.

#2
Trial by Fire
2018
One man. One game. One adorable baby dragon.
Two weeks ago, Hector Park cheated death by uploading his mind to the ultra-immersive fantasy RPG game, Archemi. After exposing the rotten heart of an order of dragon knights, he’s now on the run with a young queen dragon who could one day become the most powerful mount in the game.
To get strong enough to face their enemies, they need a quest – a big one. Fortunately, trouble has a way of finding Hector, and it does – in the form of a series of brutally murdered priests, a king in desperate need of a hero, and a beautiful, fiery berserker. The risk? Huge. The payoff? More gold than a dragon’s hoard.
There's only one problem - Archemi is haunted by the ghost of a mad developer bent on making the game his personal playground. And now that the world outside has vanished in a storm of nuclear fire, there's no one left to stop him.
Or at least, that’s what he thinks. Because Hector isn't the kind of man to take this shit lying down.

#3
Kingdom Come
2019
As reward for stopping a serial killer and restoring the Kingdom of Vlachia to its rightful ruler, Dragozin Hector and his queen dragon, Karalti, have earned a noble title, a castle, and land of their own.
There’s only one problem – it’s occupied. By a freaking elder vampire.
Not only has the vampire unleashed the blight of undeath across the land, but a crazed ex-developer is on the warpath. His mission? To take Hector’s dragon, free the Void Dragons, and use their combined power to become the Dragon-God Emperor of Archemi.
Hector never wanted to go back to war, not even in a video game. But now, he must fight to claim his territory from Ol’ Fangface before everything is taken from him - including his beloved dragon.
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#4
Warsinger
2020
An ancient kingdom falls to tyranny. A dark empire rises in its place, while the old gods stir...
After kicking an unholy amount of undead ass, Hector and his dragon have new goal: to revive the war-torn province of Myzsno, preferably before their nemesis arrives with his army and a legion of Drachan, demonic dragons that would make even H.P Lovecraft scream in terror.
If Hector is to triumph against enemies like these, he needs more than an army. He needs the Warsingers, god-like constructs built to fight and kill the Drachan. But first, he must break his girlfriend out of prison: a woman who could be the key to the Warsingers' 5000-year old mystery.

#5
Spear of Destiny
2020
A showdown of titanic proportions is developing in Archemi. Kingdoms are falling like dominoes to the self-styled Emperor of Nothing and his swelling armies.
Hector Park and his Queen dragon Karalti stand in their way. Linked by an unbreakable bond, they are the Paragons, heroes who are destined to overcome the dark forces mustering on the horizon, or die trying.
Will Hector unlock the true potential of the Dark Lancer Path and stop the ancient enemies of Archemi, or will the Emperor succeed in his mission to become a God above Gods?
Join Hector and Karalti on this epic Final Fantasy-style LitRPG adventure, in which the heroes find love, triumph, and struggle against overwhelming odds in the battle to save their world, while the bad guys are not just scary - they're smart.

#6
Crowned in Black
2022
_Ignas Corvinus, ruler of Vlachia, has been captured by his worst enemies. A puppet ruler has been installed to lead the most powerful nation in Archemi, and he's doing his best to blame Hector Park, his dragon Karalti, and their allies for the world's problems.
Hector has only two words for they start with F and end with 'you'.
In the ongoing war between Archemi and the forces of the Void, the battle for the soul and throne of Vlachia is crucial. With one powerful nation recently conquered and the other being corrupted from within, the world's fate hinges on Hector leading his adopted homeland back from the brink - and perhaps playing a greater role in its future than he ever believed possible.
Join Hector and Karalti on this epic Final Fantasy-style LitRPG adventure, in which the heroes find love, triumph, and struggle against overwhelming odds in the battle to save their world. May contain creative swearing, military humor, and excessive dragons._
Author

James Osiris Baldwin
Author · 12 books
Dragon Award-nominated author James Osiris Baldwin is a transgender man from Australia who writes gritty LGBT-inclusive, dark fantasy and science fiction. He was the former Contributing Editor for the Australian Journal of Dementia Care and has also worked for Alzheimer's Australia. He currently lives in Seattle with his lovely wife, a precocious flame-point Siamese cat, and far too many rats. His obsession with the Occult is matched only by his preoccupation with motorcycles.