Crown of Reflection: Book One Of The Crownscape

HE WAS THE UNDISPUTED KING OF THE CAGE. NOW HE IS LEVEL ONE IN A WORLD THAT WANTS HIM DEAD.

Stripe had it all. The heavyweight belts. The wealth. The perfect family. His fall from grace led him to alcohol addiction and homelessness. Consumed by trauma, Stripe drank until his liver rotted, dying as a beaten and broken vagrant underneath a park bench.

But death is just a reset.

Stripe awakens in a savage fantasy realm with a frail Level 1 body and a sentient artifact bound to his mind. Then the System delivers its cruelest punishment yet: absolute immunity to intoxication. Stripped of the cheap liquor he used to numb his agonizing memories, Stripe is forced to face a terrifying reality sober. He must face his trauma through reflection to unlock his artifact’s powers.

This new world offers no mercy. Giant mutant wolves tear men apart, and corrupt priests run demonic slave rings. But Stripe has no interest in casting fancy spells or swinging steel swords. Relying on his raw fighting instincts and bare knuckles, he brawls his way out of the slums and into the life of an adventurer. Can he survive using his past fighting experience?