Regression / Second Chance stories, ranked. The 3 series we've reviewed that deliver on it.
Complete
Isaac Thoma fought to the very end of humanity's war against a demonic apocalypse — and lost everything. Then he was thrown back to the beginning, years before the System arrived, with a mind full of hard-won knowledge and a world that has no idea what is coming. His plan: warn them, organize them, and this time make sure humanity survives.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 7
- Length
- 101.3 hrs
- Pace
- Slow and deliberate, low per-book momentum
Ongoing
Cairn, the reluctant heir to the Uskarrion throne, is killed during an invasion and wakes ten years in the past, in his childhood body, every memory intact. To save the kingdom and the people he failed, he trades hard-won foreknowledge for alliances and magic, racing a villain who appears to have come back with him.
- Status
- Ongoing
- Books
- 3
- Length
- 57.4 hrs
- Pace
- Medium (fast open, slows across books 2-3)
Complete
When humanity's last hope is killed before reaching a time portal, Nick Gallows -- a weak assistant nobody expected anything from -- is shoved through instead. Stranded three years before the apocalypse, he cannot fight monsters the way heroes do, so he picks a support-focused Trainer class and sets out to build an army of heroes before the end arrives.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 8
- Length
- 72.6 hrs
- Pace
- Medium (training-heavy early, war-heavy late)