AU reboot of the entire SAO storyline, beginning from the premise that Kayaba Akihiko was obsessed with magic and Norse Mythology rather than swords and pure melee. As a result, he created the Death Game of Alfheim Online rather than the floating castle of Aincrad—a world in which PvP is not a crime, and the nine player races are in competition to escape. **SPOILERS IN REVIEWS**

"All units, Maximum Alert. We have a Tier One Asset operating without sanction in a densely populated area. Multiple casualties. Request immediate Spartan support. Fireteam Chimera must be eliminated. Repeat: Fireteam Chimera must be eliminated. Message repeats." [Sequel to Halo: Chimera Rising]

Trainers are supposed to have ambition. Geneva doesn't. — Or: how skill constantly overcomes passion, in the most bitter of ways.

A woman living independently in Heliopolis, Cagalli sues with an unlikely cause of action. Athrun is her slightly sardonic and unwilling, but very smitten lawyer. And as all wise lawyers often do, he keeps a few things a secret from his client.

In wartorn Mombasa, thousands of troops and refugees funnel toward an old, rundown hospital in the slums, the last stronghold of a city besieged by an army bent on extermination. Overcrowded and undersupplied, the hospital is not the bastion it needs to be to provide so many people their safety. In what many think are humanity's last days, distrust, fear, and guns rule all.

She finds him in the woods with an injured Night Fury. Feral and mysterious, the boy named Hiccup claims to be able to end the war that's raged between dragons and Vikings for centuries. Berk's been ravaged for years. She has no choice but to believe him. But that doesn't mean she has to trust him. Or fall for him.

"I am not alone; they are here as well. I am frightened, but they are frightened, too."

"Impassive, resilient and utterly deadly; the Spartan is the ultimate example of human lethality. Representing the pinnacle of wartime research reached during the Human-Covenant War, they say that Spartans never truly die. Would that such words were true."

She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.