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At times, I feel I was meant to be an innkeeper someplace on the outskirts of Bree in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. However, in real life, I am a much-celebrated Moscow-based author, as well as one of the originators of the relatively new, yet insanely popular, LitRPG genre that blends cyberpunk, classic sci-fi, and fantasy.

I started writing in my late 30’s and only “because there was nothing handy to read,” but after my first two books gained nearly instant acclaim, I had to give serious thought to changing my current banking career to that of a professional writer. Fortunately for my readers, who had voted his debut novel More Than a Game (link) the “Best Book of the Year 2014,” I never looked back after that.

Over the next few years, I
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The audiobooks for More Than a Game, The Road East, and Winds of Fate are out now on all good retail websites.
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“That’s how we humans are: put something off once, and we’ll think of a thousand reasons why we shouldn’t do it at all.”
Andrey Vasilyev, More Than a Game

“I’d give you some pants, but I don’t wear any,” a mage standing by a bookshelf remarked sympathetically.”
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“Fair enough.” I deleted him from my friend list.”
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Polls

What is your most anticipated LitRPG release for October 2017? I've started the poll off with some upcoming October books, feel free to add your own, and vote!

Michael Chatfield The Pantheon Moves Emerilia Book 10 by Michael Chatfield Oct 24th, 2017
 
  22 votes, 25.3%

A Game with No Rules (Perimeter Defense #4) by Michael Atamanov by Michael Atamanov Oct 11, 2017
 
  14 votes, 16.1%

Polynya (Fantasy Online #2) by Harmon Cooper by Harmon Cooper Oct 16, 2017
 
  11 votes, 12.6%

The Wizard (Dungeon Core, #1) by MJ Kaltenbrunner by MJ Kaltenbrunner Oct 16, 2017
 
  8 votes, 9.2%

The Black Dragon (Dragons of the New World #2) by Dante Doom by Dante Doom Oct 6, 2017
 
  5 votes, 5.7%

Shadow of the Rogue (Odyssey Online #1) by Quinn Dallas by Quinn Dallas Oct 5, 2017
 
  5 votes, 5.7%

Desert Runner (Puatera Online Book 1) by Dawn Chapman by Dawn Chapman Oct 4, 2017
 
  5 votes, 5.7%

Awaken Online Sidequest : Retribution by Travis Bagwell (write-in)
 
  5 votes, 5.7%

The Iron Dragons (Dragon Kings of the New World #3) by Dante Doom by Dante Doom Oct 20, 2017
 
  4 votes, 4.6%

Andrey Vasilyev Sicilian Defense: Epic LitRPG Adventure (Fayroll - Book 5) by Andrey Vasilyev Oct 3, 2017
 
  3 votes, 3.4%

Nemesis The Panguardia Online Saga Book 1 by Laurie Jo Bryant by Laurie Jo Bryant Oct 23, 2017
 
  2 votes, 2.3%

Liar King by Adam Elliot Oct, 28th, 2017 (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 2.3%

olan thorensen (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 1.1%

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