Hand of Fate: A Deck-Building LitRPG

A disgraced professional athlete is forced back to his rural hometown, where he finds himself drawn back into the game that he and his friends obsessed over during high school. When his friend and former Talespinner, Sam, mysteriously dies, Damien is drawn into a game of life or death - not only for his world - but the world Sam's tales had created.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]