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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Dom has an advance form of cancer with only six months to a year left. There is a cure but it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars at minimum: luckily Adrien comes up with the plan to form a guild and take contracts (which pay in real world money) to pay for it.
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Beginning roughly around the time of ''[[Literature/AwakenOnline Catharis]]'', the book follows college football student Dominic Hart who after a lifetime of hardship and beating the odds [[KickTheDog is informed he has cancer.]] Facing less then a year to live, an act of kindness has him signed up for an conventual therapy program centered on a new game called ''Awaken Online''.
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Beginning roughly around the time of ''[[Literature/AwakenOnline Catharis]]'', Catharsis]]'', the book follows college football student Dominic Hart who after a lifetime of hardship and beating the odds [[KickTheDog is informed he has cancer.]] Facing less then a year to live, an act of kindness has him signed up for an conventual therapy program centered on a new game called ''Awaken Online''.
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Dom's luck doesn't get any better as soon as he logs in: he gets swindled by a shifty casino owner, gets dropped into a hellhole of a jungle where everything (including dumb luck) can kill you, and the only city for miles is controlled by doctorial player guild.
But that's just how life is. Always betting against the house and when the chips are down you wither fold or call. So Dom goes all in
More importantly he might find some happiness…
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'''''Happy''''' is a stand-alone novel and the nineth book of the ''Literature/AwakenOnline'' series by Creator/TravisBagwell, released on December 7th, 2021.
Pain. Chaos. Happiness?
Dominic Hart was screwed.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, no money for treatment, and an athletic scholarship hanging by a thread... he didn't have many options. But the university clinic had offered him a free videogame. Some sort of "therapy," they said. A way to while away the hours until he kicked the bucket. Yay.
What Dom wasn't expecting was to get swindled by a surly casino owner right out of the gate. Or get dropped in a backwater hellhole voted the “#1 worst starting location in Awaken Online.” That might have been because a videogame mafia controlled the city. Or maybe it was because even the plant life could kill you. Regardless, his shit luck had obviously tagged along for the ride.
But that's life. The odds are stacked in the house's favor, you're running out of chips, and you have to decide to hit or fold. For Dom, he decides to go all in. What does he really have to lose?
It's just his life and happiness hanging in the balance.
Pain. Chaos. Happiness?
Dominic Hart was screwed.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, no money for treatment, and an athletic scholarship hanging by a thread... he didn't have many options. But the university clinic had offered him a free videogame. Some sort of "therapy," they said. A way to while away the hours until he kicked the bucket. Yay.
What Dom wasn't expecting was to get swindled by a surly casino owner right out of the gate. Or get dropped in a backwater hellhole voted the “#1 worst starting location in Awaken Online.” That might have been because a videogame mafia controlled the city. Or maybe it was because even the plant life could kill you. Regardless, his shit luck had obviously tagged along for the ride.
But that's life. The odds are stacked in the house's favor, you're running out of chips, and you have to decide to hit or fold. For Dom, he decides to go all in. What does he really have to lose?
It's just his life and happiness hanging in the balance.
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Dominic Hart
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What Dom wasn't expecting was to get swindled by a surly casino owner right out of the gate. Or get dropped in a backwater hellhole voted the “#1 worst starting location in Awaken Online.” That might have been because a videogame mafia controlled the city. Or maybe it was because even the plant life could kill you. Regardless, his shit luck had obviously tagged along for the ride.
But that's life. The odds are stacked in the house's favor, you're running out of chips, and you have to decide to hit or fold. For Dom, he decides to go all in. What does he really have to lose?
It's just his life and happiness hanging in the balance.
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* BadassDecay: The goblins. [[spoiler: The Affinity race for Air Magic, they were once Elves who found a means to bind themselves to a dungeon. This rendered them capable of respawning like Travelers but also TheAgeless and infertile, becoming stagnated and [[TheFogOfAges their minds decayed over time]]. Over the next century, they would mutate and devolve into the creatures they are today retaining their [[DitzyGenius craftiness but lower intelligence]] and a vague sense memory of how to make and maintain their equipment and fort.]
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* BadassDecay: The goblins. [[spoiler: The Affinity race for Air Magic, they were once Elves who found a means to bind themselves to a dungeon. This rendered them capable of respawning like Travelers but also TheAgeless and infertile, becoming stagnated and [[TheFogOfAges their minds decayed over time]]. Over the next century, they would mutate and devolve into the creatures they are today retaining their [[DitzyGenius craftiness but lower intelligence]] and a vague sense memory of how to make and maintain their equipment and fort.]]]
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'''''Happy''''' is a stand-alone novel and the nineth book of the ''Awaken Online'' series by Travis Bagwell, released on December 7th, 2021.
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'''''Happy''''' is a stand-alone novel and the nineth book of the ''Awaken Online'' ''Literature/AwakenOnline'' series by Travis Bagwell, Creator/TravisBagwell, released on December 7th, 2021.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: While nothing compared to how they shape up after [[spoiler: Dom's guidance and training, <=The Jackals=> severely underestimate the intelligence and craftiness of the goblins. The greenskins would [[RefugeInAudacity hide their most valuable equipment in the very room the Travelers believe to be a respawning Boss raid, locking a local animal from the jungle for the players to kill and then leave none the wiser.]]]
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: While nothing compared to how they shape up after [[spoiler: Dom's guidance and training, <=The Jackals=> <The Jackals> severely underestimate the intelligence and craftiness of the goblins. The greenskins would [[RefugeInAudacity hide their most valuable equipment in the very room the Travelers believe to be a respawning Boss raid, locking a local animal from the jungle for the players to kill and then leave none the wiser.]]]]]]]
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-> "''The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. Onemust imagine Sisyphus happy.''"
--> -Albert Camus
'''''Happy''''' is a stand-alone novel and the nineth book of the ''Awaken Online'' series by Travis Bagwell, released on December 7th, 2021.
Pain. Chaos. Happiness?
Dominic Hart was screwed.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, no money for treatment, and an athletic scholarship hanging by a thread... he didn't have many options. But the university clinic had offered him a free videogame. Some sort of "therapy," they said. A way to while away the hours until he kicked the bucket. Yay.
What Dom wasn't expecting was to get swindled by a surly casino owner right out of the gate. Or get dropped in a backwater hellhole voted the “#1 worst starting location in Awaken Online.” That might have been because a videogame mafia controlled the city. Or maybe it was because even the plant life could kill you. Regardless, his shit luck had obviously tagged along for the ride.
But that's life. The odds are stacked in the house's favor, you're running out of chips, and you have to decide to hit or fold. For Dom, he decides to go all in. What does he really have to lose?
It's just his life and happiness hanging in the balance.
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!!Examples of Tropes in this work…
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: <The Jackals>, the local Traveler guild is this to the Residents and other players who are rejected from joining their ranks. They have a stranglehold on the city, hoarding the best materials for themselves, and only caring about
* ArcWords: "''Are You Ok?''" The question that Dom is repeatedly asked the first half of the book, which only remind shim of his own terminal diagnosis in the real world. [[spoiler: Admitting that no, he is not ok, to Adrian kicks off their goal to use the in-game economy to get the money for his treatments.]]
* BadassAdorable: Wingman the
* BadassDecay: The goblins. [[spoiler: The Affinity race for Air Magic, they were once Elves who found a means to bind themselves to a dungeon. This rendered them capable of respawning like Travelers but also TheAgeless and infertile, becoming stagnated and [[TheFogOfAges their minds decayed over time]]. Over the next century, they would mutate and devolve into the creatures they are today retaining their [[DitzyGenius craftiness but lower intelligence]] and a vague sense memory of how to make and maintain their equipment and fort.]
* BreatherEpisode: Despite the DownerBeginning, ''Happy'' is lightly more humorous and lighthearted with none of the conspiracies or events of the other books having no impact on the plot.
* TheBusCameBack: Vanessa the Water Mage, Finn's chief rival in Mages Guild, from ''Tarot'' trilogy and Lauren, the underage leader of the <War Dogs> from the second book ''Precipice'' are amongst those who join Dom and Adrian's guild <Death and Taxes>.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: <The Jackals> Traveler Sean represents players in [=AO=] who only see it as another typical, albeit hyper-realistic, [=RPG=] game. Not only does he treat the goblins as mobs to be killed over and over despite evidence they are intelligent, but he cruelly [[spoiler: tortures Wingman for sheer sadism to screw with Dom, permanently disfiguring her.]]
* DownerBeginning: The book opens on Dom receiving news that he has a extremely advance form of cancer with treatments ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to a million in cost.
* TheDreaded: Wingman the adorable baby chicken that Dom adopts as an in-game pet. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes really.]] The bird is quickly revealed to be possibly the most dangerous example of wildlife in the area due to being a Battle Chicken. An carnivore that eats ''anything'' and never stops growing, capable of becoming so powerful any other wildlife's first instinct is band together and try to kill them, especially when they're babies and defenseless. Even the mothers, after laying her eggs, will deliberately draw the animals and abandon her nest simply because the species is no territorial.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Dom, Adrian, and Wingman make an appearance in the early part of the book ''Hellion'' by Gloria Bastion, the book giving context to their actions that she, naturally, twisted to match her viewpoint.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The jungle surrounding Aislen has been affected from the Mana well the city is situated on, the surrounding area being mutating every piece of wildlife and even the fauna to be deadly.
* {{Foil}}: Dom, Adrian, and Wingman is a far more eclectic group compared to Jason or Finn's entrouge.
** Dom, unlike the other Avatars, had his Mana pool locked out and has zero magical abilities relying on pure physical abilities and his own wits. His starting city already sits on a Mana well affecting the surrounding forests, the Air Affinity race already exits.
** Adrian, although he bulks up on stats thanks to Dom's training, is a purely supporting role as a Bard which is treated by others and even himself as a case of WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway. He is also the sole companian to Dom and never knew him before the game unlike Riley, Frank, and Julia.
** Wingman to Onyx and Daniel, being an animal companion to an Avatar that acts as an in-game pet. However, she is a BadassAdorable Dreaded creature known as a "Battle Chicken" that primarily acts a means of drawing wildlife to the players to hunt.
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to his Early Bird Cameo in ''Hellion'', readers who follow the main book series will know that Dom is the Air Avatar for The Gambler, the god of Happiness and Yellow Mana. The book follows his entering the game, meeting his companions, and how his actions are to gather the money to treat his medical needs.
* NiceGirl: The nurse from the university clinic is this, being frustrated by the apathetic medical care system and sympathetic to Dom's condition. She ends up kicking starting the plot when she signs him up for "alternative therapy" via ''Awaken Online''.
* OddFriendship: Dom and Adrian, the former The Stoic, slightly cynical, and a man of few words while the latter is energetic, optimistic, and a {{Motormouth}}. The book seems them develop a FireForgedFriendship and become TrueCompanions after their TrainingFromHell. Solidified when Adrian becomes the first person Dom tells his diagnosis to and instead of sympathy or worse apathy, the bard immediately hatches on a plan to use the in-game economy to pay for Dom's medical care.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent:
* UnderestimatingBadassery: While nothing compared to how they shape up after [[spoiler: Dom's guidance and training, <=The Jackals=> severely underestimate the intelligence and craftiness of the goblins. The greenskins would [[RefugeInAudacity hide their most valuable equipment in the very room the Travelers believe to be a respawning Boss raid, locking a local animal from the jungle for the players to kill and then leave none the wiser.]]]
* YoureDaysAreNumbered:
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--> -Albert Camus
'''''Happy''''' is a stand-alone novel and the nineth book of the ''Awaken Online'' series by Travis Bagwell, released on December 7th, 2021.
Pain. Chaos. Happiness?
Dominic Hart was screwed.
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, no money for treatment, and an athletic scholarship hanging by a thread... he didn't have many options. But the university clinic had offered him a free videogame. Some sort of "therapy," they said. A way to while away the hours until he kicked the bucket. Yay.
What Dom wasn't expecting was to get swindled by a surly casino owner right out of the gate. Or get dropped in a backwater hellhole voted the “#1 worst starting location in Awaken Online.” That might have been because a videogame mafia controlled the city. Or maybe it was because even the plant life could kill you. Regardless, his shit luck had obviously tagged along for the ride.
But that's life. The odds are stacked in the house's favor, you're running out of chips, and you have to decide to hit or fold. For Dom, he decides to go all in. What does he really have to lose?
It's just his life and happiness hanging in the balance.
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!!Examples of Tropes in this work…
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: <The Jackals>, the local Traveler guild is this to the Residents and other players who are rejected from joining their ranks. They have a stranglehold on the city, hoarding the best materials for themselves, and only caring about
* ArcWords: "''Are You Ok?''" The question that Dom is repeatedly asked the first half of the book, which only remind shim of his own terminal diagnosis in the real world. [[spoiler: Admitting that no, he is not ok, to Adrian kicks off their goal to use the in-game economy to get the money for his treatments.]]
* BadassAdorable: Wingman the
* BadassDecay: The goblins. [[spoiler: The Affinity race for Air Magic, they were once Elves who found a means to bind themselves to a dungeon. This rendered them capable of respawning like Travelers but also TheAgeless and infertile, becoming stagnated and [[TheFogOfAges their minds decayed over time]]. Over the next century, they would mutate and devolve into the creatures they are today retaining their [[DitzyGenius craftiness but lower intelligence]] and a vague sense memory of how to make and maintain their equipment and fort.]
* BreatherEpisode: Despite the DownerBeginning, ''Happy'' is lightly more humorous and lighthearted with none of the conspiracies or events of the other books having no impact on the plot.
* TheBusCameBack: Vanessa the Water Mage, Finn's chief rival in Mages Guild, from ''Tarot'' trilogy and Lauren, the underage leader of the <War Dogs> from the second book ''Precipice'' are amongst those who join Dom and Adrian's guild <Death and Taxes>.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: <The Jackals> Traveler Sean represents players in [=AO=] who only see it as another typical, albeit hyper-realistic, [=RPG=] game. Not only does he treat the goblins as mobs to be killed over and over despite evidence they are intelligent, but he cruelly [[spoiler: tortures Wingman for sheer sadism to screw with Dom, permanently disfiguring her.]]
* DownerBeginning: The book opens on Dom receiving news that he has a extremely advance form of cancer with treatments ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to a million in cost.
* TheDreaded: Wingman the adorable baby chicken that Dom adopts as an in-game pet. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes really.]] The bird is quickly revealed to be possibly the most dangerous example of wildlife in the area due to being a Battle Chicken. An carnivore that eats ''anything'' and never stops growing, capable of becoming so powerful any other wildlife's first instinct is band together and try to kill them, especially when they're babies and defenseless. Even the mothers, after laying her eggs, will deliberately draw the animals and abandon her nest simply because the species is no territorial.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Dom, Adrian, and Wingman make an appearance in the early part of the book ''Hellion'' by Gloria Bastion, the book giving context to their actions that she, naturally, twisted to match her viewpoint.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The jungle surrounding Aislen has been affected from the Mana well the city is situated on, the surrounding area being mutating every piece of wildlife and even the fauna to be deadly.
* {{Foil}}: Dom, Adrian, and Wingman is a far more eclectic group compared to Jason or Finn's entrouge.
** Dom, unlike the other Avatars, had his Mana pool locked out and has zero magical abilities relying on pure physical abilities and his own wits. His starting city already sits on a Mana well affecting the surrounding forests, the Air Affinity race already exits.
** Adrian, although he bulks up on stats thanks to Dom's training, is a purely supporting role as a Bard which is treated by others and even himself as a case of WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway. He is also the sole companian to Dom and never knew him before the game unlike Riley, Frank, and Julia.
** Wingman to Onyx and Daniel, being an animal companion to an Avatar that acts as an in-game pet. However, she is a BadassAdorable Dreaded creature known as a "Battle Chicken" that primarily acts a means of drawing wildlife to the players to hunt.
* ForegoneConclusion: Due to his Early Bird Cameo in ''Hellion'', readers who follow the main book series will know that Dom is the Air Avatar for The Gambler, the god of Happiness and Yellow Mana. The book follows his entering the game, meeting his companions, and how his actions are to gather the money to treat his medical needs.
* NiceGirl: The nurse from the university clinic is this, being frustrated by the apathetic medical care system and sympathetic to Dom's condition. She ends up kicking starting the plot when she signs him up for "alternative therapy" via ''Awaken Online''.
* OddFriendship: Dom and Adrian, the former The Stoic, slightly cynical, and a man of few words while the latter is energetic, optimistic, and a {{Motormouth}}. The book seems them develop a FireForgedFriendship and become TrueCompanions after their TrainingFromHell. Solidified when Adrian becomes the first person Dom tells his diagnosis to and instead of sympathy or worse apathy, the bard immediately hatches on a plan to use the in-game economy to pay for Dom's medical care.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent:
* UnderestimatingBadassery: While nothing compared to how they shape up after [[spoiler: Dom's guidance and training, <=The Jackals=> severely underestimate the intelligence and craftiness of the goblins. The greenskins would [[RefugeInAudacity hide their most valuable equipment in the very room the Travelers believe to be a respawning Boss raid, locking a local animal from the jungle for the players to kill and then leave none the wiser.]]]
* YoureDaysAreNumbered:
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