Reborn in a Grimdark World [LitRPG, Isekai, Progression Fantasy]

Alex wasn’t supposed to die. He jumped in front of a speeding truck to save a kid he didn’t know: someone who was supposed to die that day. But the Grim Reaper messed up, accidentally claiming Alex’s soul instead of the child’s. As an apology, she offers Alex a deal: be reborn in another world with powerful abilities of his choosing. Most people choose paradise. Alex chooses the opposite. He asks to be reborn in a grimdark world, a land shattered by war, ruled by tyrants, and crawling with monsters and misery. A place where hope is all but dead. Why? Because if he’s going to be given power, he’s going to use it to make things better, to bring light to a world that’s forgotten what it means to hope! [Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]