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The Ripple System Books in Order

6 books from Shadeslinger (2021) to Lunatic's Landing (2025). Rated 4.8 across 25,778 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Shadeslinger

    Book 1 2021 4.7 (8.4k)

    Corporate flameout Ned Altimer dreams of leaving his world behind. So, when Earthblood Online splashes onto the VRMMO scene, he dives in and never looks back.

  2. Black Sand Baron

    Book 2 2021 4.9 (6.9k)

    The manhunt has officially begun. Now the target of a game-wide Holy War, Ned is forced to flee the Onyx Sands. The odds are stacked against him; Tyrann has tens of thousands of followers, a religion that’s spreading like wildfire, and a…

  3. Gilded Ghost

    Book 3 2022 4.9 (5k)

    Now the site of EBO’s first completed Red Cathedral, the Onyx Delta has become the center of the virtual world, and the entire player base is descending on Ned’s city to try their hand at the fearsome new raid and reap the game-changing…

  4. Shattersoul

    Book 4 2023 4.8 (1.9k)

    The first wing of the Red Cathedral has been conquered, and the next phase of the Possibility King’s invasion is officially on....

  5. Emperor's End

    Book 5 2024 4.9 (2.3k)

    The last wing of the red cathedral is finally live, and the possibility king awaits. To reach his throne, players will have to face foes capable of bringing about the end of the world. However, nothing can compare to their creator.

  6. Lunatic's Landing

    Book 6 2025 4.8 (1.2k)

    The Worldbranch Throne has been claimed, but the Lunar Empress now looms over EBO.

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Ripple System is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.