Discordia : The Eleventh Dimension by Dena K. Salmon

Lance is an avid player in the popular online fantasy game, Discordia. He’s still pretty new playing MMO games, but he’s learning quickly and getting his zombie sorcerer character leveled up just as quickly. But all the time he spends playing Discordia makes life in the real world seem dull and dreary in comparison.

When Lance and his online friend Adam, a.k.a. “MrsKeller”, are invited by a level 60 player called “TheGreatOne” to join a special guild for helping lower level players get better loot and armor sooner, the two think they have it made – that is until the two are pulled out of their world into the real Discordia! Now the two online friends must learn to survive in a world they know from playing a game, but this is no game and getting a rez out of the graveyard isn’t going to work.

Looking for a portal that could take them home, Lance and Adam meet a girl named Rayva who seems to be a local, but something about her seems out of place. Together the three head toward Alchemia’s fortress hoping that stopping the evil sorceress from the game will opening the portal home, but unlike the game the lines between good and evil are not black and white.

If you’ve ever played a game, and wondered what it would be like to be in the game for real, Discordia might be the series for you. Perfect for the gamer, the series is also accessible to the non-gamers out there since it includes a glossary of the basic terms that have become the language of the MMO world. A good younger alternative to Epic, especially if it looks a little too intimidating size-wise.