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Roman Prokofiev

Roman Prokofiev is a bestselling author of LitRPG, Gamelit and cyberpunk.

Roman started writing at an early age, inspired by fantasy classics such as J.R.R.Tolkien, Robert Jordan and Glen Cook. These days, he can’t remember what he’s done with those first tentative drafts - and in any case, they can’t have been that brilliant because Roman moved on, focusing on his studies, starting a family and running his own business.

Still, he always remained a passionate gamer and a voracious reader of fantasy. That’s why the genre of LitRPG struck a chord with him: Roman couldn’t help comparing his early writing to the bestselling works in the genre until one day, he decided to try his hand at LitRPG too.

His very first books immediately became popular with his online readers, topping book charts, and were promptly released in paperback and audio by traditional publishers.

Roman loves nothing better than to come up with an exciting story. So if you prefer heroes who wander off the beaten track to face breakneck adventures in original and well-crafted worlds, Roman Prokofiev’s books offer you a chance to indulge.

From book 1: When the shattered fragments of the Black Moon collapsed onto planet Earth, splitting continents apart and flooding them with raging oceans, Darkness descended onto our world. The eruptions of hostile energy... more

From book 1:

When the shattered fragments of the Black Moon collapsed onto planet Earth, splitting continents apart and flooding them with raging oceans, Darkness descended onto our world. The eruptions of hostile energy from behind the Edge distorted the laws of the physical world, creating new life forms which now threaten to take over the planet. The last remaining vestiges of humankind, too desperate for their own survival, have nothing to offer against their advance.

So it’s time to activate Incarnation: the last instruction issued by Project Stellar. In a situation when there’re not enough living beings to protect planet Earth, the dead fighters will have to rejoin the defenders’ ranks.

From book 1: Dear Readers, We’re relaunching this LitRPG series by Roman Prokofiev - or rather, we’re relaunching Book One. Some of you might have already read its previous version released a while ago by another... more

From book 1:

Dear Readers,

We’re relaunching this LitRPG series by Roman Prokofiev - or rather, we’re relaunching Book One. Some of you might have already read its previous version released a while ago by another publisher under the title Cat’s Game. The author has completely reworked the book’s first chapters; he’s also already completed Book Two of the series, fully intending to keep the story going. And we fully intend to release the whole series in English.

Rogue Merchant is a classic might-and-magic-style LitRPG series with the elements of manapunk. It’s set in the Sphere of the Worlds: a worldwide multiverse comprised of hundreds of worlds, from horrible Infernos ruled by Demon Lords to mechanical worlds inhabited by sentient constructs, and gigantic markets that have sprouted at the crossroads of trade routes.

Players use astral ships to travel between worlds, otherwise they have to venture into the perilous underground tunnels of the Endless Paths. Dozens of powerful clans share this delicious pie, scheming or waging wars against each other.

The series’ main character is Cat, a wannabe merchant who specializes in procuring in-game valuables to sell them for real money. He is a Free Merchant, which is both his character’s class and his playing style - as well as his preferred problem-solving method. Cat is a cunning trickster who wriggles his way out of trouble thanks to his quick wit and his trading talents. His credo is, “Anyone can be bought provided the price is right”.

Cat starts from scratch, using every opportunity to advance his plans. This book is the story of a common trader’s rise to greatness until he becomes the world’s new legend, the most famous merchant in the entire Sphere of the Worlds.

The series focuses on the economics of a game world, including various trade methods such as regular and auction trading, as well as social and political interactions between clans and players. Plenty of intrigue and espionage, betrayal, trade wars, besieged castles and epic air battles of flying ships - all this has already made the fantastical universe of Rogue Merchant popular with thousands of Russian readers.

Now it’s your turn to enjoy it.

When the ark began emergency jettisoning the colonists, I got unlucky three times.The first occurred when the runic defenses of the Kel shot down my capsule above a forbidden Circle.The second was when it crashed next to the... more

When the ark began emergency jettisoning the colonists, I got unlucky three times.

The first occurred when the runic defenses of the Kel shot down my capsule above a forbidden Circle.

The second was when it crashed next to the White Devil's tomb.

And the third time, when I climbed into a wounded noxwolf's lair and discovered Starblood.
Other Ascendants would call it good fortune, but I'll put it this way: had I left it alone, I might have remained a normal person.

And now, I'm forced to sort things out: after all, someone with a Slate, Attributes, and Runes isn't a typical colonist from Earth in a world that's far from ordinary. Especially when he has a voice in his head...

This is a spinoff of the author's earlier post apocalyptic series Project Stellar. While the original series tells the story of the survivors stuck on the disaster-ravaged planet Earth, Starblood reveals the fates of those humans who managed to escape the catastrophe into deep space in their airk ships.

Thousands of cycles ago, those like him were called the Twice-Born. They had changed bodies countless times — he can't even remember how many he's had before this one.Thousands of cycles ago, they defied Eternity, whose... more

Thousands of cycles ago, those like him were called the Twice-Born. They had changed bodies countless times — he can't even remember how many he's had before this one.

Thousands of cycles ago, they defied Eternity, whose cowardly wiles had ruined the grand design of Unity's creators. They fought the Skythrone, turning their names into terrifying legends. Death could barely touch them, and even if it did, they met their end with joy and a smile on their lips, for each sacrifice brought closer the day when He would return to Unity, rebuilding himself from the pitiful shards of their souls.

Thousands of cycles ago, Eternity unraveled their plan, and they lost.

An Earther from a sky ark freed him and helped him get a body. This life became his third, and the man once known as the White Devil took a new name for it.

Now he is called Flamelike.

And Unity will have no choice but to remember his name.