Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad (light novel)

Reki Kawahara

May 2017 · Sold by Yen Press LLC

About this ebook

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!
In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death - both virtual and real...

Ratings and reviews

I'm a huge sao can and have been wanting to read the books for a long time it makes it easier to buy digitally like everything else is now it's a lot easier to read and for your own schedule. I'm amazed of what the series began from the start and wanted to experience the novels for myself and spot many differences within the story and characters I knew to grown and love especially the art. So thank you for putting the ebook for purchase I hope I get to enjoy this through to the end .

Iv lost track of all the times iv watched the SAO anime both in the dubbed and subbed versions, funnily enough my first episode i saw (on toonami) was the last episode of the aincrad arc. But that alone led me to find and watch the whole series in under a week. Now a few years later when i had the money to buy it, reading the novel was amazing. Being able to read it and in my minds eye still see the animation and hear the characters voices was awesome. Now onto the next book!

This book gives so much more detail about what exactly Kirito is feeling throughout his time in Aincrad. If you liked the Sword Art Online anime, you'll most certainly like this, and if you didn't, this may well change your opinion about the series. And if you haven't seen the anime or read the manga, then this is the perfect introduction to the series.

About the author

Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series, Sword Art Online and Accel World.