Rise and Rescue Volume 2: Protect and Recover

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All profits from this anthology go to support WIRES, whose mission is the rescue and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife.
New Release!
Rise and Rescue Volume 2: Protect and Recover
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Today is Earth Day. Celebrate by checking out these LitRPG and GameLit short stories. Both Volume 1 and 2 are out now and all profits go to charity.
Life finds a way. The forests are bouncing back. Seeds are beginning to sprout. Animals are venturing back into the wilds thanks to the help of rehabilitation centers and the kindness of heroes.
The Rise and Rescue antholgies bring together dozens of best selling and emerging LitRPG / GameLit authors combing sci-if, gaming, and fantasy. Each Volume features over 15+ authors and over 500 pages.
Volume 2 features a crossover of epic proportions in Hell’s Glitch vs Psy-Hunters by Belart Wright, a first taste of Troy Osgood’s upcoming series Battlefield Online, sequels like E.M. Swift-Hook’s ‘Return to Wrathburnt Sands’, Cindy Koepp’s ‘Up a Tree’, and Nathaniel Webb’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ set in ‘Expedition Summerlands’. Take a look into the future of ‘The Fifth Survivor’ series by Angel Ramon, a prequel to Star Divers by Stephen Landry, and ‘The Trashman’ by Taj McCoy El. Volume 2 is this and so much more including new LitRPG, Sci-fi, and Fantasy stories from many established and emerging authors. More hope, more rescue, more gaming. It is our hope that these stories both inspire you and help make a difference. Here you are the hero.
Together we stand and rise.
Together we protect and recover.
- Stephen

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