Shadow Sun
Dave Willmarth
When an ancient alien race seizes Earth, transports the planet to a star system with twin suns, and decrees humanity a contaminant marked for 90% extermination, gamer geek Allistor must survive the monsters of myth and legend sent to kill him. Survivors of the first year earn rewards under the invaders' System, and Allistor climbs from scared VR gamer to Planetary Prince and then Emperor of Earth and other worlds — clearing dungeons, learning spells, training classes, raising a drake-mounted force, and uniting Earth's survivors across six volumes of apocalypse-survival LitRPG.
Progression: Explicit, central LitRPG System advancement verified via Goodreads synopses and series reviews: the alien overlords impose a game-like System on transported Earth — one year-long Stabilization/tutorial period where survivors earn levels, spells, crafting, classes and rewards for killing escalating monsters and clearing dungeons; first-year survivors are formally rewarded and ranked. Allistor's climb is tracked in titles and ranks (survivor, faction leader, Planetary Prince of Earth, Emperor of Orion and Earth), with class trainers, spell tiers, crafting progression, and system mechanics/politics driving every volume from Survival through Consolidation.
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