Burden of Fate: A LitRPG Progression Fantasy (Ashes of Vaeltharion Book 1) by Steve Harthun

They summoned a hero. They got an Army Ranger.

Trace Veeran had already lost enough: the Army, his friends, most of himself. Then another world pulled him through to be its champion. The System gave him levels, a spear, and immunity to every poison and toxin. It also took away the one thing he’d been using to keep the past quiet.

Sober for the first time in years, Level 1, and in no shape to be anyone’s hero, Trace was exactly what the king hadn’t asked for. So they threw him out.

That might have been their biggest mistake.

Burden of Fate is Book 1 of Ashes of Vaeltharion, a gritty LitRPG progression fantasy: stat sheets, level-ups, hard-won loot, and a hero who is earned, not chosen. No harem. Books 1 and 2 are out now; Book 3 arrives Sept 29. Free with Kindle Unlimited.