âReaders will be drawn into the pages by the action-packed illustrations, featuring plenty of fight scenes, superpowered game avatars, and dynamic visual perspectivesâ
- Jonathan Khan, Booklist
Coasting through life without ever spending much effort or committing to anything has made many people think less of Nilay Rao. The teenager is relatively unassuming, as heâs not the most popular student, nor the hardest working. The kids call him âNil,â suggesting that heâs a loser. But he has another name, the âbiggest cheat,â which heâs earned from using cheat codes and hacks in everything from games to grades. But that all will change when Nilay receives a mysterious device from his long-lost mother, Dia.
Curious about the device, Nilay unwittingly creates his own âvideo gameâ avatar that he names Vyper Neo, which causes him more stress than he could imagine. The little orange character has his own personality and gets Nilay and his father into all sorts of trouble. Thatâs not allâthe device itself belongs to a super-secret group of people who can summon similar video game avatars called Ghosts to battle over money, territory, and power.
Now that Nilay has it, he has officially become a âplayerâ like them who can summon his own Ghost in Vyper Neoâand thatâs made other players very angry. Can this lackluster teenager survive long enough to learn where his mother is and why she sent this device? Vyper Neo and his only human buddy, Chess, have his back, but taking on this massive new world wonât be easy. Like it or not, Nilay is going to have to play this game to win!
The Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts is rated T for Teen, recommended for ages 13 and up.
Saturday AM, the worldâs most diverse manga-inspired comics, are now presented in a new format! Introducing Saturday AM TANKS, the new graphic novel format similar to Japanese Tankobons where we collect the global heroes and artists of Saturday AM. These handsome volumes have select color pages, revised artwork, and innovative post-credit scenes that help bring new life to our popular BIPOC, LGBTQ, and/or culturally diverse characters.
Join in even more adventures with the other action-packed Saturday AM TANKS series:Apple Black, Clock Striker, Gunhild, Hammer, Henshin!, Oblivion Rouge, Saigami, Soul Beat, Titan King, Underground, and Yellow Stringer.
Level 1 A Taste of Power
Level 2 Birthday Boy
Level 3 Nilay's New Pet
Level 4 Date with Destiny
Level 5 The Talk
Level 6 Playing the Game
Level 7 Ghost Attack
Level 8 The Moose is Loose
Level 9 Catfish
Level 10 A New Challenger
Level 11 Let's Go Daedalus Bonn
Level 12 Daedalus Bonn vs. Rumble Wulf
Level 13 I Challenge You, Gato!
Level 14 The Trump Card
Level 15 The World is Bigger