THE PICKAXE OF A THOUSAND ATTRIBUTES

Everyone grinds for glory. Egor grinds ore.

Egor, a fresh college grad, joins the hottest VR game around hoping to earn some cash. But his budget won’t stretch to a full account or an immersion capsule — so it’s a free trial and an ancient console hooked to an old TV. Laggy gameplay, crappy graphics? Who cares, when the plan is simple: mine ore in the sandbox, slaughter rabbits, score loot.

Then he stumbles on an item the game’s elite would burn the whole server to possess — and the quiet grind turns into a hunt where a broke newbie with a pickaxe has to out-think players a thousand levels above him.

A completed duology: classic underdog LitRPG with mining, crafting and a wicked sense of humor.