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Rayas Colony Legacy
History class drops Gabe into the past, barefoot and hunted.
His teacher is an AI.
Graduation is a new planet.
Sixteen-year-old Gabe hauls water through the choking heat of Guadalajara – until he wins a berth on a colony ship. And leaves a dying Earth behind.
His body rides in stasis for the twenty-five-light-year voyage. His mind attends the Dream – a virtual academy where lessons aren't taught but survived, and each one leaves scars.
Gabe isn't the smartest kid on the leaderboard. He's rarer: the one who keeps his head, keeps his friends alive, and argues with the game itself. But the Dream hides a truth that will break his heart – and it has plans for Gabe he never agreed to.
His teacher is an AI.
Graduation is a new planet.
Sixteen-year-old Gabe hauls water through the choking heat of Guadalajara – until he wins a berth on a colony ship. And leaves a dying Earth behind.
His body rides in stasis for the twenty-five-light-year voyage. His mind attends the Dream – a virtual academy where lessons aren't taught but survived, and each one leaves scars.
Gabe isn't the smartest kid on the leaderboard. He's rarer: the one who keeps his head, keeps his friends alive, and argues with the game itself. But the Dream hides a truth that will break his heart – and it has plans for Gabe he never agreed to.
- GenresFantasyScience Fiction
Paperback
Published July 1, 2026
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Ginger Booth
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After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
After 14 years on walkabout to New York, Colorado, Texas and Tokyo, I swam home to spawn in shoreline Connecticut. A recovering computer programmer, I’ve worked in the seismic industry, semiconductor electronics, academic research in biology and environmental science, and online teaching simulators.
I live alone, and enjoy swimming, walking, and crafts. I grow vegetables indoors, until my crops spill outside and down the driveway. I read voraciously, curious about everything, especially how things work.
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November 12, 2024
Rayas Colony Legacy is the first LitRPG I’ve read, but it won’t be my last. I’m not a gamer, so I thought I wouldn’t enjoy this genre, but I have read all of Booth’s Thrive and Nexus books and enjoyed them greatly. This new series is set in the same universe as those and her earlier series (which I have not yet read) and it stars some characters seen more briefly in her Thrive books. You don’t need to have read those first, but having some of that background enhances the experience.
Briefly, Earth is dying due to a combination of climate change and some other catastrophic events. Mankind hopes to preserve at least some of humanity by sending ships to find and settle new planets. In this new series, taking place in the 2130’s, the Calimex (Californians who fled to Mexico) finance an expedition whose colonists are teens who will spend the years en route in The Dream, a virtual reality RPG which will teach their pliant minds the skills they need to succeed on what will become their new planet. Within The Dream, they not only will take typical high school classes, they will be thrust into historical scenarios where they must gain new skills to succeed on quests or “die.”
Gabe Oliveri, a sixteen-year-old Calimex, has been accepted for the Rayas expedition. He knows he may be the only member of his family to have any kind of future, and he is determined to make the most of the opportunity. His fellow expedition members range from those from poor families to kids of cartel and other rich and influential families. But in The Dream, each must rely on his or her own innate abilities to become what they need to be.
Booth has created an all too believable background for her various series. But it is her knack for creating complex and realistic characters that makes her books truly special. I tore through all of her Thrive and Nexus books not only because of their interesting plots, but I couldn’t wait to find out what happened to her cast of characters. With the Rayas series, I know what happens in the future for some of the characters because I’ve read the Thrive series. But in this case, I’m just as eager to find out what happened earlier as well. I look forward to the next in this series, and no doubt I’ll get to her Calm Act and Drone Rider series soon as well.
Briefly, Earth is dying due to a combination of climate change and some other catastrophic events. Mankind hopes to preserve at least some of humanity by sending ships to find and settle new planets. In this new series, taking place in the 2130’s, the Calimex (Californians who fled to Mexico) finance an expedition whose colonists are teens who will spend the years en route in The Dream, a virtual reality RPG which will teach their pliant minds the skills they need to succeed on what will become their new planet. Within The Dream, they not only will take typical high school classes, they will be thrust into historical scenarios where they must gain new skills to succeed on quests or “die.”
Gabe Oliveri, a sixteen-year-old Calimex, has been accepted for the Rayas expedition. He knows he may be the only member of his family to have any kind of future, and he is determined to make the most of the opportunity. His fellow expedition members range from those from poor families to kids of cartel and other rich and influential families. But in The Dream, each must rely on his or her own innate abilities to become what they need to be.
Booth has created an all too believable background for her various series. But it is her knack for creating complex and realistic characters that makes her books truly special. I tore through all of her Thrive and Nexus books not only because of their interesting plots, but I couldn’t wait to find out what happened to her cast of characters. With the Rayas series, I know what happens in the future for some of the characters because I’ve read the Thrive series. But in this case, I’m just as eager to find out what happened earlier as well. I look forward to the next in this series, and no doubt I’ll get to her Calm Act and Drone Rider series soon as well.
November 3, 2024
Can't wait for the next book
First alt lit rpg book I've fully enjoyed. A fully understandable method of occupying young minds on a long trip to the stars.
First alt lit rpg book I've fully enjoyed. A fully understandable method of occupying young minds on a long trip to the stars.
December 23, 2024
DNF much too dystopian for my taste 😑
Very well written and apparently edited. Didn't notice spelling nor grammar problems.
No profanity, sex nor graphic violence.
Seemed rather dreary with very few high points.
Very well written and apparently edited. Didn't notice spelling nor grammar problems.
No profanity, sex nor graphic violence.
Seemed rather dreary with very few high points.
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