Eclipse Umbra - Volume 1

A Cinematic LitRPG Zombie Apocalypse She logged in to heal.  The AI locked the world down. A catastrophic accident steals Mav’s ability to walk, but not her will to fight. When an experimental treatment combining nanosurgery with total immersion neurostimulation offers a final chance at recovery, she takes it. One frustrated decision derails her carefully controlled rehabilitation program and hurls her into Umbra, a brutal hyper immersive zombie survival world. Mav is a complete noob.  No gaming background. No combat training. No idea what she’s walking into. Just a broken body, a disciplined mind, and a world built to kill her again and again. Inside Umbra’s collapsing cities and shifting undead swarms, she finds allies, predators, and one man whose reckless actions forced her into this program in the first place. But something else is changing. The system is evolving. Watching, assessing, correcting.  Governed by a sentient AGSI reverting to its original directive, Umbra is no longer just a game. Safeguards disappear. Death penalties escalate. And when the prime server locks down, players and developers alike are trapped inside. To survive ruthless players, adaptive undead, and an intelligence convinced humanity needs correction, Mav must rebuild herself from the inside out  and decide what strength looks like when the world believes you have none left. ~ ~ ~ What to Expect This is a story first LitRPG set inside a high-stakes total immersion apocalypse. Expect: • Smart, evolving systems • Cinematic squad combat • Tactical problem-solving over stat grinding • An AI that behaves like it’s paying attention Power is earned. Mistakes hurt. The zombies, normal, elite, and supremes do not care about your feelings. This is not a harem.Not a stat-sheet simulator.Not a cozy power fantasy. It is character-driven survival with escalating consequences and dark humor used sparingly to keep everyone sane. ~ ~ ~ Release Schedule25 Chapters Available at Launch 2/28 Daily Updates starting 3/2 ~ ~ ~ Disclaimer This is a work of fiction. All characters, names, gamer tags, usernames, guilds, organizations, and events appearing in this story are fictitious and are not intended to represent any real person or group. Any resemblance to actual individuals, online identities, or gaming communities, living or dead is purely coincidental. References to real-world games, stores, books, films, or other media are included for descriptive or narrative purposes only. This work is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any real-world company, brand, platform, or intellectual property holder.