Crucible

Awaken Online, Book 12

By: Travis Bagwell

Narrated by: David Stifel

Trust is a weapon. Power demands sacrifice. The crucible awaits.

The world of Awaken Online has been reborn. Ancient avatars and their cities have returned, unleashing chaos and armies from the game world's savage past. Jason and his allies are beset on all sides—by the original avatars, an unrelenting tide of travelers, and even their own secrets.

However, Jason is done playing defense; he’s done reacting. It’s time to take the fight to his enemies in both worlds. And that starts by using their own weapons against them, including the relics Jason stole from the ancient avatars.

Yet nothing comes for free. Jason has already sacrificed his body, but to unlock his relic—to succeed—he'll have to give up something more: his humanity.

This is Jason's crucible.

Either he'll shatter and break...

Or he'll reforge himself into something stronger than ever before.

The eighth book in the hit LitRPG Fantasy series with more than a million copies sold and now spanning 14 novels. Grab your copy of Awaken Online now and get ready to sink into some good old fashioned undead mayhem.

About the Series: A staple of the LitRPG genre and one of the most popular VRMMO LitRPGs ever written, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Follow the story of a young man—a loner and outcast—pushed to his limit... only to rise in AO as a force to be reckoned with. As a villain that can control the undead. Lots of skeletons. Lots of undead crafting. Lots of carnage.

©2026 Travis Bagwell (P)2026 Travis Bagwell

Best one yet!

Absolutely amazing book. I really hope this isn’t the end of this amazing series! Each audiobook just gets better!

And excellently deadly surprise!

T. Bagwell yet again writes gold!
With a story one could argue somewhat different than his others, this one holds more dramatic intrigue while still walking that impressively funny and dangerous line!
Jason strikes back and with a lot of things happening and continuing that I’m sure fans have been waiting to hear about!!
A must must must read if you’ve enjoyed the ones before this!

well worth the wait!

great fast paced story, and the ending!! really can't wait to read the next one.

Great story and great twist

I loved this book. the diffent view points a nd the teasing do the overall plan while making each part Great. the poverty switches could be a bit jarring consider the parallel event. and the twist at the end we expect something along those lines but with the excitement you can forget the expected twist and then it just creeps on you. Great book and can't wait for the next book

I can't even

I literally don't know what to say. That ending was masterful.

If you're reading this, get this book. Get the series.