Earth is on the brink of destruction and will go out with a whimper and not a bang. Intelligent and self-respecting men want out, but when they are given a way out what will they do with it? When offered a chance in a new world what will they do with it? How much of the dysfunction is nature, and how much is nurture? Earth cannot be saved, but can this new world be preserved? Or will it suffer the same fate?Jeffery Anderson has had enough. While life on Earth offers copious amounts of bread and circuses, it does not offer anything more than that, and on top of the general feeling of malaise and lack of any real purpose, the entire world is on a snowball's trajectory of self-destruction. All this changed with the announcement of Phoenix Rising Online. While another game would hardly help matters, a conversation with a suspiciously well-informed individual makes him believe the world is far more than just a game. Finally given a worthy goal, he sacrifices everything but himself for it and makes the swap over, choosing to permanently live within this new world instead of Earth.But the world of PRO, while lacking the dishonest problems of Earth has plenty of honest problems instead, and is far from a safe or friendly place despite being generally healthy. Can he answer both the offers and demands it makes of him? Now that he has something worth fighting for and protecting, will he and how will he? What can change the nature of a man? And will these changes be for the better or for the worse?Revised with new front art and technical errors fixed.