Life is hard and jobs are scarce. Too many people in the real world live in poverty and can only find online jobs in virtual reality. And it's getting worse. The old internet is unusable and broken. The new system required artificial intelligence to run, but most of the artificial intelligence was destroyed. Now everyone is rushing to get into Genesis Engine because it is becoming the new global marketplace. Everyone wants a piece of the new game. Guilds scramble to find dungeons and defeat the biggest monsters. Companies are claiming land and building their online marketplaces. Oz and his friends just want a paycheck. Four friends find themselves locked into a five-year indenture in a small village, unable to risk money and redeem their freedom. They don't have much choice. They could spend their years working as blacksmiths, barmaids, and shepherds... Or they could cheat and find ways to exploit the system. When they give you a mop instead of a sword, you have to find loopholes and bend the rules.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
