The Isolator, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975301048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
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)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975326849
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
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)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316558478
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
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)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975307879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
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!

Accel World, Vol. 5 (manga)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316306150
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
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 1: Aincrad (light novel)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316560855
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
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)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316296465
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
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...

Baccano!, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Author: Ryohgo Narita
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316270377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
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.

Accel World, Vol. 25 (light novel)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975335414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
PREPARE FOR A FULL DIVE! Following a narrow triumph against the Sun God Inti, Haruyuki and company are immediately faced with a new adversary: The Deity of Demise, Tezcatlipoca, whose appearance heralds the ends of the Accelerated World as they know it. To stand a chance, Haruyuki will once again have to dig deep and discover new reserves of untapped power. At the same time, the battle against White Cosmos and her Legion enters the endgame. As the Burst Linkers fall one by one to these mighty foes, Haruyuki makes his most difficult decision yet...

Sword Art Online Progressive 1 (light novel)

Author: Reki Kawahara
Publisher: Yen On
ISBN: 9780316259361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"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!