Reforged: Through Fire and Fear

Derek had a simple life. A wife. A daughter. A car dealership job that paid the bills. A gaming habit that kept him sane. It wasn't glamorous, but it was his. Then the world went dark. Now he's stranded on an island that shouldn't exist, armed with a rock and surrounded by things that want to eat him. No explanation. No tutorial. No way home. But Derek spent twenty years as a tank main in one of the longest-running MMOs ever made. He knows how systems work. He knows how to read a fight. And when he realizes the world around him isn't just dangerous — it's a system — something clicks. The rules are learnable. The monsters are killable. And somewhere out there, his family is waiting. All he has to do is survive long enough to find them.