“Hopeless” is a science-fiction novel by Dmitry Serebryakov, the first book in the eponymous cycle; the genre is action fantasy with “time-travelers”/isekai protagonists.
Artem finds himself in another world. He doesn’t remember his past life, yet from time to time he remembers a lot. And the new world itself is strange—as if someone decided to bring the mechanics of a game into real life. It seems you could just live and enjoy yourself, but it’s not that simple. There are many people like him in this world, but the locals consider them ugly, hopeless members of society doomed to one thing only. Can our hero avoid the fate of those like him?