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Failed State: A LitRPG System Apocalypse

Failed State: A LitRPG System Apocalypse

Mambodogface

Paperback

Series: Operator, Book 2

Science Fiction

ISBN13: 9798171510336
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 3 2026
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.07
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
I saved the hospital, defeated the North Gate's Sector Owner, and finally have a road north. Before I can take it, I owe Reyes one last job: make sure Meridian's power stays on. It should be a short trip east. The System disagrees.

Beyond the provisioned sectors, monsters are only half-built, the rules change while I'm reading them, and the logs point to a failure no administrator appears to own. My Incident Commander class was designed to find root causes. This one may not have one.

Now the road to my daughter runs through a region the System abandoned in the middle of deployment. Survivors are depending on me, Stan is remembering fragments of an Operator who came before me, and the thing at the center of the failure won't hold still long enough to diagnose. If I can't find a rule to exploit, I'll have to write one.

Troubleshooting was easier when reality held still.

FAILED STATE is a brisk, crunchy LitRPG System Apocalypse featuring an older ordinary-job protagonist, earned progression, tactical problem-solving, survivor teamwork, a nonhuman companion with buried memories, corporate horror, visceral action, real loss, and gallows humor. No romance or harem.

Book Two of the Operator series.

Perfect for readers who enjoyed Discount Dan's Backroom Bargains, The Daily Grind, and The Stitched Worlds.

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