System Awakening

Kevin Park was just another Bay Area programmer burning out on another startup's crunch cycle. Then the System arrived—reality itself updated with levels, skills, and monsters. While everyone else panics at their new status screens, Kevin notices something different: bugs. Exploits. A System that's clearly still in beta. As creatures from myth and nightmare manifest in San Francisco, Kevin realizes his years of debugging bad code might be the most valuable skill in this new world. Armed with not