Debtbound Between Worlds
Ethan Cole is a 22-year-old whose life has hit rock bottom. His father's gambling debts, his mother's illness, a fraudulent expulsion, and a loan shark closing in have left him....
Ethan Cole is a 22-year-old whose life has hit rock bottom. His father's gambling debts, his mother's illness, a fraudulent expulsion, and a loan shark closing in have left him with nothing. After an accidental fall from a bridge, he wakes up in Valdris, a medieval fantasy world, and gains a system that lets him travel between both realities. He discovers that cheap Earth goods are worth fortunes in Valdris, and Valdris gold converts to serious cash on Earth. Using this arbitrage, he builds a trading empire across two worlds—saving his family from debt and poverty on one side while constructing a merchant network, investing in local businesses, and waging economic war against a corrupt trade monopoly on the other. The story tracks his rise through both worlds simultaneously: clearing his name at university, fending off a loan shark, training to fight, forming alliances with medieval nobility, and transforming the lives of the people around him—all while guarding the secret that holds everything together.
