The movie’s only just begun as Riley and his team inch closer to its horrifying climax in the fifth installment of this spine-tingling LitRPG adventure.

With Project Rewind over and most of the inhabitants of Carousel killed off, Riley Lawrence (the Film Buff) and his best friends, Kimberly (the Eye Candy) and Antoine (the Athlete), finally have a plan to beat the horror movie they’re trapped in. But to get the end credits rolling, they’ll need to go back and survive ever more dangerous plotlines to rescue a group of players who came before them—a would-be Party of Promise whose shot at escape was halted before it began.

Alongside the rest of their team—Dina (the Outsider), Isaac (the Comedian), and Cassie (the Psychic)—they’re armed only with trope manipulations and meta-knowledge of the world’s mechanics as they’re hunted by bloodthirsty slashers and tainted werewolves alike. To have any hope of escaping certain doom, they’ll have to beat each one while simultaneously hiding a devastating truth: Every death they’ve witnessed thus far has always been part of the plan.

Now, as their exit route moves seemingly farther and farther out of reach, Riley and his crew seek out all the help they can get. But Carousel’s secrets are hidden deep beneath its sets—and promise to upend everything our heroes thought they knew. To win it all, they can’t just simply survive; they must outplay the story itself.

The fifth volume of the hit LitRPG horror series―with more than three million views on Royal Road―now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!