Floor One: The Beautiful Cage (A DWF Novel)

Brent Browning thought the training floor was the hard part. Then the Floor One Gate opened. Guided by Dena and Kyrsta, their reptilian mentors for the Trial, Brent and his kids, Jack, Blair, Rynn, and Finn,  step onto Floor One and find themselves perched above a canyon so vast it makes the Grand Canyon look like a scratch in the earth. The Codex updates with new paths, new safe zones, and a single brutal truth: the real Trial has finally begun. Monsters prowl the wild routes. Puzzles guard the only way forward. And every choice feels like it costs the family more and more. But Floor One is not empty. Deep in the labyrinth of cliffs and bridges, the Brownings collide with another family from Earth, just as confused, just as desperate, and carrying their own version of the story. Even stranger are the signs of a prisoner transport van that should not exist here at all, its trail leading into the darkest parts of the map. The deeper they go, the more it becomes clear that the dungeon is not only testing how they fight, but what they believe when the “right” answer stops being obvious. On Floor One, the most welcoming smiles can hide sharp edges, and the safest looking path can still close behind you. Welcome to The Beautiful Cage.