The Isolator, Vol. 1 (light novel)

The Isolator, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975301048

Sci-fi action, angst, and super-powered teenagers abound in this new series from Reki Kawahara, the acclaimed author of Sword Art Online and Accel World! Ever since a terrible childhood tragedy, Minoru Utsugi has wished for one thing: solitude. Years later, a bizarre encounter leaves a mysterious artifact in Minoru's body that grants his wish--but that's far from the end of his troubles. Others have been visited and given powers like Minoru's, but their twisted desires are not so benign. When a murderous force threatens the people Minoru holds dear, will his newfound abilities be enough to stand in its way? And can there be a future for someone who craves eternal solitude above all else? The story of the Isolator begins here!

The Isolator, Vol. 4 (light novel)

The Isolator, Vol. 4 (light novel)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975326849

Though the infiltration team narrowly escaped Liquidizer's cunning trap, no one knows if Suu Komura will recover from her appalling injuries. Minoru begins to question whether all this suffering is worth it. Unfortunately, there's no time for him to be indecisive when someone known only as the Stinger launches brutal attacks at Jet Eye and Ruby Eye alike!

The Isolator, Vol. 1 (manga)

The Isolator, Vol. 1 (manga)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2017-01-24
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0316558478

Mysterious objects from space have landed, embedding themselves within human beings around the world and granting them impossible powers according to their deepest wishes. Seventeen-year-old Utsugi Minoru's only wish is to be able to live apart from the world and events around him. But will he remain the same after experiencing his new powers--and new dangers?

The Isolator, Vol. 5 (light novel)

The Isolator, Vol. 5 (light novel)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1975307879

Secret meetings, a strange disease, and one crazy rescue mission shake things up in this long-awaited volume from Reki Kawahara, the celebrated author of Sword Art Online and Accel World!

Baccano!, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Baccano!, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Ryohgo Narita
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316270377

New York, 1931. The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited by law, but behind this prohibition, organized crime flourishes-so, too, do bank robbers, bootleggers, assassins, and homunculi. Some want money, some are chasing the secret to immortality, and others just want to have a really good time. You know what they say, though: You can't always get what you want.

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad (light novel)

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad (light novel)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316560855

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon! In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death - both virtual and real...

Sword Art Online: Aincrad, Vol. 1 (manga)

Sword Art Online: Aincrad, Vol. 1 (manga)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0316296465

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "Game Over" means certain death - both virtual and real...

Accel World, Vol. 5 (manga)

Accel World, Vol. 5 (manga)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0316306150

In the year 2026, a young man by the name of Kazuto Kirigaya beat Sword Art Online, a VRMMORPG that had become a death trap for its players. He would go on to participate in experimental tests of an entirely new full-dive machine. Meanwhile in 2047, a boy named Haruyuki accelerates himself in order to finish his homework just before class. But in the Accelerated World, he detects a strange tremor. Checking the matching list, he notices a most un-Burst-Linker-like name: "Kirito." It's Kirito vs. Silver Crow as two of author Reki Kawahara's protagonists clash across time and space--and that's just the beginning!

Sword Art Online Progressive 1 (light novel)

Sword Art Online Progressive 1 (light novel)
Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen On
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780316259361

"There's no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die..." One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive? Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna's epic adventure--on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad!

Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 4

Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 4
Author: Akito Narusawa
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2024-09-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718321562

And so the Battle of the Classes continues. Piggy and company have only just finished fighting for their lives against a vicious devil when a fiend ambushes them. To make matters worse, the fiend is a former DEC player with a shaky grasp on his sanity, and he traps Piggy on the twentieth floor. The exam isn’t any easier for the rest of Class E as Class D is intent on sabotaging their efforts; meanwhile, nefarious clans are hatching deadly plots to end the class once and for all. Will Kano be able to save her brother’s classmates? Even if Class E makes it through the Battle of the Classes unscathed, student council elections are right around the corner. Piggy will find himself in the middle of the political machinations of the most powerful factions of Adventurers’ High. With conniving clans and scheming students on the scene, how much longer can Piggy keep his true strength a secret?