Dominion of Blades

For over thirty years, Dominion of Blades has been the hottest online role-playing game in the world. Any gamer with an immersion rig can enter the world of sword and sorcery, of goblins and dragons, and they can hack and slash their way to glory. But the game is too real for some, and after an epidemic of real-life fatalities, public use of the immersion technology has been banned, causing the game to be shut down. 

Jonah wakes to find himself in-game, level one, with no memory of how he arrived and no way to eject. With only two companions, trapped in a world that once hosted millions, Jonah must battle his way across a treacherous landscape, fighting virtual monsters, all-too-real pain, and a very human enemy in a desperate bid to survive. 

Dominion of Blades is the first novel in an exciting new LitRPG* series comprising of 5-6 books. With a planned roll out of approximately 6-9 months between episodes, the entire series should see release over the course of the next three years.

Dominion of Blades releases in both E- and Trade Paperback formats on April 11, 2017. 

It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon  

*Unfamiliar with LitRPG? According to Magic Dome Books (http://md-books.com/), LitRPG is “a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy which describes the hero's adventures within an online computer game. LitRPG books merge traditional book-style narration with elements of a gaming experience, describing various quests, achievements and other events typical of a video game.”

See also: http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/28/11801040/have-you-heard-about-litrpg

Matt Dinniman Bibliography: 

The Shivered Sky (2003, Silver Lake Publishing)

Trailer Park Fairy Tales (2005, Elastic Press)

The Grinding (2013, Necro Publications)

Dominion of Blades (2017, Dandy House)

The Hobgoblin Riot: A Tale of Tower Defense (Dominion of Blades Book II) (Late 2017, Dandy House)