Set in an alternate timeline of Earth, in the year 2010. After a computer virus named “Pluto’s Kiss” crashes nearly every computer in the world, Internet access were blocked for the general public to address security concerns. As two years went by without the Internet and online games, an MMORPG called “The World” is released. Kite, who, after witnessing an abnormality in the game that causes his friend to go comatose, goes on a quest to unravel the mysteries behind the popular MMORPG, “The World”.... more>>

Who is kite from the [.hackers?]
This is a retelling of the early .hack series in novel format. <<less

The year is 2023, three years after the Immortal Dusk* Incident. With the hacker-group Schicksal dissolved, having resigned from CyberConnect Corp., and the position of Network-Trouble Consultant now vacant, Ryuuji Sogabe is forced to scr*pe together a living. However, when an unexpected request from a former colleague is put forward, the evil plot surrounding “The World” drags Ryuuji back into the fold. In this blood-stained final battle, will he come out the victor?... more>>

*Immortal Dusk is the name of the event Geist wished to create in the .hack//LINK game. <<less