Cover by Nikolas Draper-Ivey

Whatever life Hazel Juarez had in this world is over, but her life in a new world is just beginning.

In the not-so-distant future, virtual reality entertainment is the distraction of choice to escape the drudgery of modern society. When Hazel’s Olympic aspirations crumble to pieces, her last shot at greatness is in the VR professional leagues, where bloodsport is a way of life. However, when she attempts to cut her teeth in Regicide, the country’s premier VR fantasy experience, she enters a world even more hostile than the one she knew. Now she’s caught between a vicious player base, rouge AI, and her own past trauma coming back to haunt her.

But that’s just fine by Hazel. The old world never let up. Why would the new?

Don’t miss the grand debut of the Apocryphal Anima series, the next great saga of flashing steel and burning blood.