Assured Daily Chapters until Ending of Book 1. The old world was replaced by the new one a drop of water at a time. An apocalyptic event that happened so silently that towards the end those who were unprepared panicked and caused chaos and death on a global scale.  People had all sorts of theories after it began. Those that survived the riots and eventual collapse of any form of organised human civilisation at least. Some felt thankful for still being alive while others sought to consolidate their gains and gather other survivors around them. The world that they had lived and thrived in had changed, and the deaths of a large proportion of the global population had left those who survived with a new challenge.  How to survive in a world where the waters dominated the planet and Ocean Gods controlled life and death. After a time, humanity survived. Until only a few short months after the apocalyptic event had ended something terrible happened.  When the difficulty rate had gone up and the tutorial was over, fresh recruitment began to replace the drowned dead and the converted.  The Ocean Gods needed new Player Candidates for their game. They ended up with Carissa. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.  - Samuel Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner  Book 1 Finished. This is a complete novel that will be uploaded to RR.