Nobody expected the convention to be anything other than fun. Fans anticipated meeting their favorite creators & streamers while the creators & streamers looked forward to mingling with their peers & fans. It was supposed to be a fun weekend, despite the dismal headlines in the papers about the brewing conflict & the mystery illness spreading across the states. None of them could have foreseen the nightmare that was about to unfold. For one group of men, a fun weekend would become a test of their strength & character. Before the incident they were ordinary people living ordinary lives in the real world, but in the online world they were heroes. It would take the near extinction of mankind to show them they were anything but ordinary in any world. As the dead rise so will a new breed of humanity led by unlikely heroes. Rise features some well-known & beloved creators & streamers from the gaming community such as Games4Kickz, Starsnipe, Kage848, Capp00, & GrayGhostZoro as well as some amazing up & coming talent. Rise is the book that gave birth to the Rise Universe, & after several years, it was appropriate to give it a slight revision & a new look for a second edition.