A Hard Landing
(2025)(The second book in the System Integration Chronicles series)
A novel by Drew McGunn
The System gave humanity stats and levels.
It didn't give them a tutorial.
Caden Taylor turned a wrecked neighborhood into a thriving settlement. Unlocked powerful classes. Even dropped a world boss that should've killed them all.
Peace lasted exactly fifteen days.
Now the Black Baron is coming—and he doesn't just conquer territories. He breaks them. Village by village, he's building an army from the ashes of resistance, twisting the System's own rules to forge broken refugees into loyal soldiers through pure, calculated terror.
When diplomacy means infiltrating enemy camps...
When your rifle runs on mana instead of gunpowder...
When the girl you love fights beside you with a sword...
When leadership means choosing who lives and who becomes a statistic...
You stop playing by the rules. You start writing your own.
Caden isn't just a Sharpshooter anymore. He's a Junior Commander now, and that means the math of war lands on his shoulders. Every decision costs blood. Every victory leaves scars. And when you're fifteen years old leading desperate raids against an enemy who makes monsters look merciful, the price of survival might be your humanity.
Perfect for fans of:Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Land, and He Who Fights With Monsters
From readers of Book 1: ���★★★★ "For anyone who enjoys a good RPG, this book imagines life inside of your favorite RPG and does a damn good job of immersing you in a very unique universe."
WARNING:This book contains intense tactical combat, mild profanity, permanent character death, and absolutely zero resurrection scrolls. The System doesn't care about your feelings. Neither does the Black Baron.
Genre: GameLit
It didn't give them a tutorial.
Caden Taylor turned a wrecked neighborhood into a thriving settlement. Unlocked powerful classes. Even dropped a world boss that should've killed them all.
Peace lasted exactly fifteen days.
Now the Black Baron is coming—and he doesn't just conquer territories. He breaks them. Village by village, he's building an army from the ashes of resistance, twisting the System's own rules to forge broken refugees into loyal soldiers through pure, calculated terror.
When diplomacy means infiltrating enemy camps...
When your rifle runs on mana instead of gunpowder...
When the girl you love fights beside you with a sword...
When leadership means choosing who lives and who becomes a statistic...
You stop playing by the rules. You start writing your own.
Caden isn't just a Sharpshooter anymore. He's a Junior Commander now, and that means the math of war lands on his shoulders. Every decision costs blood. Every victory leaves scars. And when you're fifteen years old leading desperate raids against an enemy who makes monsters look merciful, the price of survival might be your humanity.
Perfect for fans of:Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Land, and He Who Fights With Monsters
From readers of Book 1: ���★★★★ "For anyone who enjoys a good RPG, this book imagines life inside of your favorite RPG and does a damn good job of immersing you in a very unique universe."
WARNING:This book contains intense tactical combat, mild profanity, permanent character death, and absolutely zero resurrection scrolls. The System doesn't care about your feelings. Neither does the Black Baron.
Genre: GameLit
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