best new alternative history novels

"On the night of my wedding, I was betrayed and murdered. When I opened my eyes again... I was back at the beginning." The launch of Alternate World changed humanity forever. What began as the world's greatest VR game soon became something much more. Players awakened real abilities, fortunes were made overnight, and society itself revolved around the game. In this new era, strength inside the game meant power in the real world. Manato Tsukasa knew that better than anyone. On the night he was supposed to marry the woman he loved, he was hunted down and killed by enemies he never saw coming. But instead of dying, he wakes up years in the past—before everything began. Armed with the knowledge of the future, Manato is determined to change his fate. He'll seize every hidden opportunity, grow stronger than anyone before him, uncover the truth behind the people who betrayed him, and make them pay for everything they took. But as he rewrites history, Manato discovers that Alternate World isn't just a game. It hides a secret that could reshape reality itself. And this time... He refuses to become someone else's victim.elf.