Tamako Nakamura Books

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "Game Over" means certain death - both virtual and real...

Kazuto Kirigaya ist ein begeisterter Online-Spieler. So ist er natürlich unter seinem Pseudonym Kirito auch mit an Bord als das erste VRMMORPG online geht, in dem die Spieler dank eines speziellen Interfaces komplett mit dem Spiel verschmelzen. Doch nach dem Start müssen die 10.000 teilnehmenden Spieler feststellen, dass es nur einen Weg aus dem Spiel heraus gibt: Erst wenn alle 100 Ebenen der Welt Aincrad bezwungen sind, können sie sich wieder aus dem Spiel ausloggen. Doch auf dem Weg dahin, bedeutet ein 'Game Over' immer auch den ganz realen Tod der Spieler.

Linked up and logged into the deadly VMMORPG "Sword Art Online" in both the real and virtual worlds, Kirito is stuck in a hell of one man's making, and like everyone else, unable to escape until the game is beaten. But while some players are crippled by fear and others throw themselves into completing the game, still others relax into everyday life in the face of their cruel predicament and live to the best of their ability...laughing, crying, but always enjoying the game. Among them are four women who make a mark upon the solo adventurer that Kirito has become: Silica, the beast-tamer; Lisbeth, the blacksmith; Yui, the mysterious orphan; and the tragic Sachi, never to be forgotten by the black swordsman...