Penitent Novel

After losing his battle with cancer, Michael refused to accept death. Though he'd lived what others considered a full life, he desperately wanted more time with his family. Fighting against the light that called to him, he discovered his resistance didn't return him to his old life—instead, he awakens reborn in another world. Now inhabiting the body of a child whose life he inadvertently took, Michael must serve as a Penitent, a conscripted soldier bound to repay his debt to society. This isn't the existence he craved, but it's the only one available to him. In this new world with light litrpg elements, Michael will develop paladin-like abilities while navigating life in a military academy. His journey is a slower-paced story of growth, driven by a man burdened with guilt that others might find excessive—but that guilt is deeply, painfully human.