The Ill-Starred Knight

George wakes in a featureless white room with no memory—and a countdown to a trial he may not survive. He’s been dropped into a deadly game world where magic, machines, and interdimensional monsters collide. Somewhere inside the game, his children are in danger. He is outmatched, underleveled, and running out of time.  With a mysterious, cheat-code power, a knack for building weapons out of scrap, and a snarky AI companion riding shotgun in his head, George becomes stronger level by level. Because survival isn’t enough. To reach his family, he’ll have to become something far more dangerous than anyone expects.