The Artificer

Two weeks before an asteroid ends the world, tech billionaire Robert Osmark is ready — he's spent years quietly building Viridian Gate Online, an immersive VRMMORPG meant to let humanity's chosen survive digitally under his rule. But even with every advantage stacked in his favor, Osmark faces a rogue faction of global elites led by Senator Sizemore who won't settle for merely surviving the apocalypse, in this backstory novel for the series' central antagonist.