Vindication

Russian weapons engineer Vlad Nardoir's world ended six months ago when his wife died, leaving him buried in medical debt and owing favors to the Russian mafia he can't easily repay. Transitioning into Viridian Gate Online looks like a clean start, but old grudges follow him into the game, and he has to lean on his skills as a weapons engineer to carve out a place for himself before his past drags him back down, in the first Alchemic Weaponeer novel.