Level Zero is Anthony Frederick's LitRPG-cyberpunk hybrid trilogy set in a world where reality itself is coded into hierarchical levels. The system — called the Grid — assigns every citizen a class and level that determines their social position, abilities, and even their worth. Cross, the protagonist, is a Level 0 Glitch: a being outside the system entirely, invisible to its surveillance and incapable of being classified by its protocols.

Born Julian Cross in the Flatlands, the lower districts where unclassified residents scrub data for the corporate overlords, Cross discovers his nature when he begins absorbing classes through Gauntlet technology — experimental devices that allow users to temporarily borrow abilities from others. His left eye throbs when sensing lies, a condition Suki calls a gift and Cross has learned to treat as a survival tool.

The trilogy traces Cross's journey from a lost Glitch navigating a world that refuses to recognize him to someone capable of rewriting Level Zero itself — the foundational code that governs all existence in the Grid. The Purple Lance frayed on Cross's boot, inherited from Mira, becomes a symbol of the connections that anchor him to humanity even as he transcends the system that defines everyone else.The MesoBlack universe spans six interconnected franchises, each exploring different facets of control, identity, and resistance in speculative futures. Readers drawn to any single series will find depth and continuity across the entire collection.