Jake A. Strife

A teenager is diagnosed as terminally ill and given only seven days to live. As he goes to sleep, he travels to a fantasy world where magic, the strange, and absurdity reign. There's a legend in Strange World, one of an artifact that can grant a single wish....

I MADE IT OUT ALIVE. I'd earned my right to escape. The first boss was dead. FREEDOM. Yet, the pain remains. It's not over. I LOGGED BACK IN. Things are different. I fight not only for strangers... NOW I FIGHT FOR FRIENDS. The hacker took someone precious.

Zach has always been a master of Survival Horror video games. Naturally, he always thought he'd be ready for the Zombie Apocalypse. Don't all gamers think the same? But when the undead take over his school, the city, and possibly the entire world, he learns he was dead wrong.

The day has come. The world's first truly immersive VR-MMO is indistinguishable from real life. One million copies are sent out and one million log in.