Surviving the Simulation: The Grand Crusade

Surviving the Simulation: The Grand Crusade

High-octane stakes in the LitApocalypse

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Twelve thousand years after a catastrophic system failure, the Simulation has rebooted, and the world will never be the same.

Xander Kell was just another burned-out project manager on his way home when reality shattered. A message from the Simulation's AI rewrote the laws of reality in an instant. Civilization collapsed as game-like mechanics replaced physics, monsters swarmed the streets, and ancient rules none of them understood took hold.

But survival is just the beginning.

The Simulation isn't a game. It remembers everything. And something or someone wants to see the Simulation fail. With limited resources, hostile factions, and the fate of those he cares about hanging in the balance, Xander has only one goal:

Figure out how to thrive a world gone mad.

1.Chapter 1.01: The Simulation Returns
October 13th, 2025
4,889 words
2.Chapter 1.02: Strange New World
October 13th, 2025
3,897 words
3.Chapter 1.03: Ignore at Your Own Risk
October 13th, 2025
6,358 words
4.Chapter 1.04: Starlight Oasis Safe Zone
October 13th, 2025
4,146 words
5.Chapter 1.05: Knock Knock, House Keeping
October 13th, 2025
8,116 words
6.Chapter 1.06: Existential Crisis Time?
October 13th, 2025
3,788 words
7.Chapter 1.07: Road to Tolono
October 13th, 2025
3,500 words
8.Chapter 1.08: Desperation and Defiance
October 13th, 2025
6,374 words
9.Chapter 1.09: Home is where the Cataclysm Isn't
October 13th, 2025
2,423 words
10.Chapter 1.10: Of Mice and Madness
October 13th, 2025
5,689 words
11.Chapter 1.11: Hard Lessons in Vermin Management
October 18th, 2025
3,908 words
12.Chapter 1.12: Welcome to Bureaucracy
October 18th, 2025
4,232 words
13.Chapter 1.13: The Illusion of Safety
October 18th, 2025
4,085 words
14.Chapter 1.14: Gnolls at the Gate
October 18th, 2025
3,699 words
15.Chapter 1.15: Held Together by Hope and Duct Tape
October 18th, 2025
3,508 words
16.Chapter 1.16: Terms and Conditions May Apply
October 18th, 2025
3,156 words
17.Chapter 1.17: Quest Accepted, Consequences Pending
October 18th, 2025
5,763 words
18.Chapter 1.18: It Was Quiet, Until It Wasn't
October 18th, 2025
3,928 words
19.Chapter 1.19: The Teeth of the Trap
October 18th, 2025
5,915 words
20.Chapter 1.20: Behind Closed Portcullises
October 18th, 2025
3,744 words
21.Chapter 1.21: Dungeon Depths and Doggy Dangers
October 18th, 2025
4,544 words
22.Chapter 1.22: Abyssal Waters and Crumbling Altars
October 18th, 2025
5,541 words
23.Chapter 1.23: Freedom's Hammer Strikes
October 18th, 2025
5,376 words
24.Chapter 1.24: Metallic Menace
October 18th, 2025
4,832 words
25.Chapter 1.25: Sanctum and Slag
October 18th, 2025
5,419 words
26.Chapter 1.26: Triumphant Heroes and Cryptic Agendas
October 18th, 2025
4,278 words
27.Chapter 1.27: Book One Epilogue
October 18th, 2025
886 words
28.Chapter 2.00: Recap and Refresher
October 18th, 2025
617 words
29.Chapter 2.01: Not a Morning Person
October 18th, 2025
4,774 words
30.Chapter 2.02: The Path of Persistent Pouting
October 18th, 2025
3,822 words
31.Chapter 2.03: Sanity is a Luxury
October 18th, 2025
3,443 words
32.Chapter 2.04: Corpses, Cults, and Conspiracies
October 18th, 2025
2,986 words
33.Chapter 2.05: The Refugee's Guide to Patch Notes & Poor Decisions
October 18th, 2025
3,970 words
34.Chapter 2.06: Starlight, Starbright!
October 18th, 2025
4,620 words
35.Chapter 2.07: Engine of Destiny
October 18th, 2025
4,423 words
36.Chapter 2.08: From Embers to Fury
October 18th, 2025
5,169 words
37.Chapter 2.09: Unbreakable... Probably
October 18th, 2025
3,822 words
38.Chapter 2.10: Do Not Disturb the Undead
October 18th, 2025
6,386 words
39.Chapter 2.11: Expedition Expedited
October 18th, 2025
2,451 words
40.Chapter 2.12: XP, Loot, and Gnoll Patrols
October 18th, 2025
4,138 words
41.Chapter 2.13: Terrors and Timetables
October 18th, 2025
3,649 words
42.Chapter 2.14: That's Not a Knife... That's a Gnoll with a Gun
October 18th, 2025
4,413 words
43.Chapter 2.15: From Dog to Bones
October 18th, 2025
3,072 words
44.Chapter 2.16: How to Ambush a Giant Without Dying (Step One: Panic)
October 18th, 2025
3,459 words
45.Chapter 2.17: Skeletons Hate Cats: This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
October 18th, 2025
3,671 words
46.Chapter 2.18: All Aboard! Next Stop, Relic of the Rail
October 18th, 2025
4,994 words
47.Chapter 2.19: The Light at the End of the Tunnel is Definitely Hostile
October 18th, 2025
4,407 words
48.Chapter 2.20: Midnight on the Murder Line
October 18th, 2025
4,070 words
49.Chapter 2.21: This Dungeon Brought to You by OSHA Violations
October 18th, 2025
4,911 words
50.Chapter 2.22: The Slumbering Relic
October 18th, 2025
3,990 words
51.Chapter 2.23: The Great Engine Escape
October 18th, 2025
3,082 words
52.Chapter 2.24: Web of Lies and Other Natural Disasters
October 18th, 2025
3,323 words
53.Chapter 2.25: Next Stop: Doomsville (Population us?)
October 20th, 2025
2,784 words
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