In SerialAn Advance in Time Sci-fi Action Adventure Virtual Reality Historical
In the year 2050, nanotech was invented that allowed humanity to do what it does best: ignore reality. Jason was a project manager at Razor, Inc. where those simulations were crafted and improved every day.
That is, until an accident with a power outage and a poorly-coded backup protocol saw his consciousness transferred to a server and his body in a coma for the foreseeable future.
With the corporate vultures circling around what they see as a new piece of company software, Jason finds himself in one of the simulations he used to design.
If you enjoy kingdom-building, strategy, technological progression and big challenges, you’ll likely enjoy An Advance In Time.
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1. Chapter 1 - Beginnings
2. Chapter 2 - A Slight Problem
3. Chapter 3 - No Time to Waste
4. Chapter 4 - A New Home
5. Chapter 5 - Picking Up Speed
6. Chapter 6 - Water and Wood
7. Chapter 7 - Pointy Sticks
8. Chapter 8 - Iron is Surprisingly Hard
9. Chapter 9 - The Flames of Fear
10. Chapter 10 - A Grim Message
11. Chapter 11 - Finally Some Guns?
12. Chapter 12 - Preparing for War
13. Chapter 13 - Call of Courage
14. Chapter 14 - Success From Failure
15. Chapter 15 - Ready to Fight
16. Chapter 16 - For Our Lives
17. Chapter 17 - Aftermath
18. Chapter 18 - A Good Trade
19. Chapter 19 - Intrigue
20. Chapter 20 - Money Matters
21. Chapter 21 - Foreign Affairs
22. Chapter 22 - Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees
23. Chapter 23 - The Man Who Would Be King
24. Chapter 24 - Moving Pieces
25. Chapter 25 - Once More Unto The Breach
26. Chapter 26 - Night of War
27. Chapter 27 - Light ‘em Up
28. Chapter 28 - A Kingdom Is Born
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