Hipponians of the Thunderbolt Khanate

Earth gets hit by demons and a System apocalypse, and the man his colleagues knew as Mike gets killed.

Instead of staying dead, he is reborn as Perun, a newborn godling participating in the mysterious Game of the Gods.

In the savage world of Glenhalla, where civilization begins at a stone-age tech level and every advantage has to be clawed out of mud, blood, and chaos.

His task sounds simple enough: find his chosen people, the Hipponians, keep them alive, build a civilization, crush his enemies, ally with other gods and be part of the last pantheon standing.

The Hipponians are stubborn, militaristic hippo-folk with a talent for excessive force and an alarming ability to break fragile things with their mitten-like fingers.

To survive the Game of Gods, Perun must tame beasts, fight monsters, outbuild rival tribes, navigate divine politics, and help forge the last pantheon standing.

A progression fantasy about civilization-building, war logistics, excessive force, and the thin red line between comedy and catastrophe.