About the Series
Towers appear on Earth and humanity must climb them to prevent extinction. After failing in the original timeline (everyone dies), the protagonist is sent back in time to try again with full knowledge of what’s coming. He speedruns the early floors, recruits key allies before they die, and builds optimally based on future knowledge.
The combination of tower climbing and time regression creates a tight progression loop: the MC knows which floor rewards are best, which party compositions work, and which choices lead to dead ends. This removes the “bumbling through discovery” phase and replaces it with confident, optimized execution. Three books means the story doesn’t overstay its welcome.
This works for readers who want a short, complete tower-climbing series with a competent MC. The time-regression knowledge advantage makes the progression satisfying in a competence-fantasy way. The tradeoff: three books limits the scope severely. Character development is minimal — the MC is more of an optimization engine. The writing is serviceable but unremarkable. If you want depth, you won’t find it here. If you want a quick, satisfying tower climb with regression elements, it does the job.
Reading Order
- Towers of Heaven (2019)
- Towers of Heaven 2 (2020)
- Towers of Heaven 3 (2020)
If You Like This Series
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- Reborn: Apocalypse by L.M. Kerr — Time regression in a system apocalypse; ongoing
- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman — Floor-by-floor progression with much deeper characterization; ongoing
- Mother of Learning by nobody103 — Time mechanic used for optimization; completed, different structure
- Arcane Ascension by Andrew Rowe — Tower climbing woven into a larger narrative; completed