{"product_id":"the-rpg-ascension-book-1-craig-zerf-9798249379162","title":"The RPG Ascension Book 1: Surface Break: A gritty LitRPG apocalypse survival adventure of monsters, factions, and hard-won power.","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe city didn't fall. It \u003ci\u003eshattered\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne second, Rafe's just trying to make it through a normal day. The next, the sky spits System text, streets break into hostile tiles, and invisible pressure lines-the Seams-turn intersections into choke points where people drop and monsters sprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo chosen hero. No grand prophecy. Just a man with a firefighter's axe and a refusal to watch strangers die in the doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRafe learns fast: you don't survive the first 24 hours by being brave. You survive by being \u003ci\u003euseful\u003c\/i\u003e. By turning doorways into kill zones. By moving as a unit. By making rules the world can't ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the monsters aren't the worst part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut beyond the depot walls, predators called \u003cb\u003ethe Choir\u003c\/b\u003e sell \"permission to move\" in six-second windows-pay the toll or get herded into the dark. Inside the growing crowd, \u003cb\u003eRibbon men\u003c\/b\u003e whisper about fairness and order... while quietly building a list of who to take first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd beneath it all, something under the concrete is starting to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSURFACE GATE\u003c\/b\u003e is a gritty LitRPG apocalypse with light stats, hard choices, brutal close-quarters fights, and a leader who doesn't want the job-until the job is the only thing keeping people alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you like \u003cb\u003eSystem collapse\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebase-building under siege\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eruthless human factions\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003e\"hold the line\" survival\u003c\/b\u003e... step through the gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust don't expect it to let you back out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Zerf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249379162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Craig Zerf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665239838975,"sku":"9798249379162","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rpg-ascension-book-1-craig-zerf-9798249379162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}