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Saltworld: An Apocalypse LitRPG

Name: Saltworld: An Apocalypse LitRPG
Rating: 4.66 (1065 reviews)
Author: Dissonance

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Synopsis

August 18, 2018. Earth is at peace.

Then the sun explodes, and the world changes forever.

Sen Salazar, a third year in Dubai’s renowned Belmont University, is thrust into a world where only monsters are found aplenty. Resources are dwindling, survivors are scarce, and safety is nowhere to be found. And when it’s combined with an otherworldly system designed to bring out humanity’s hidden potential? Sen’s watched enough movies to know what to do:

Survive.

…He just has to figure out how to stop himself from turning into one of the monsters, first.

Discord link here.

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