Regression Gambit

By: C Xavier

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Betrayal has a cost. Revenge has a timeline.

Jax Harlan died in agony — betrayed by the man he called brother, locked in a temporal furnace as the Spire's doors closed on Silas's cold smile. But death wasn't the end.

Jax wakes eighteen months in the past, moments before the System integrates Earth and transforms it into a deadly game of stats, skills, and survival. Armed with perfect knowledge of every hidden quest, exploit, and betrayal to come, he has one chance to rewrite his fate.

This time, he won't be the idealistic fool who trusted a golden paladin. This time, he won't follow — he'll lead. This time, when the Temporal Spire's doors close, he'll be on the right side of them.

With the rare Echo Mage class granting him power over time itself, a glitchy AI companion who sees through the System's lies, and a cynical rogue who trusts no one, Jax begins his climb. But the System is watching, and Admin-Zero doesn't tolerate anomalies.

The regression gave him knowledge. Paranoia will keep him alive. And when he finally faces Silas in the Spire, only one of them will walk out.

For fans of dark system apocalypse, time-loop progression fantasy, and morally grey protagonists who earn every inch of their revenge.