Imagine the look on everyone's faces when I tell them that I'm not the intended chosen one -- that the gods would never have picked a loser or an outsider like me -- I just happened to apply the right cheat code at the right time. And now I have to save the world.

When the biggest game developers on a dying Earth create their latest VRMMORPG, it takes on a life of its own. Impossible to control, and even harder to predict, the game world in Spectres & Skin is officially classed as a parallel universe, and people clamor to escape the horrors of overpopulation and pollution by moving over.

Recent graduate Matthew Blake is down on his luck. A climbing accident has robbed him of the use of his legs, his best friend is better than him in every way, and he just cannot find a job. VR is his only escape from a life he can't stand. When he is invited to peek into the exclusive new game world, he can't resist. Is his luck about to change?

No. No it isn't.

S&S: Exodus is a LitRPG novel, meaning it is extensively inspired by gaming mechanics and includes a lot of 'behind the scenes' calculations. It contains scenes of a graphic nature, permadeath, a really judgmental user interface, and a prophecy about two brothers that warns of the destruction of both universes -- and that's just week one.