Arthur was fifty, tired, and forgotten. He died in a sterile hospital room, a man who had played it safe and lost everything. But death wasn't the end. He wakes up in the body of an eight-year-old boy named Kaelen, in a world where the dirt is stained with blood and the "Middle Ages" are just beginning to crawl out of the dark.
Sold to the Order of the Obsidian Veil, Kaelen is forged into a weapon. But unlike the other orphans, Kaelen has the mind of a man who knows the value of a second chance. As the world transitions from tribal warring to civilized empires, Kaelen moves through the shadows, caught between a forbidden love with a deadly rival and a conspiracy that threatens to undo the very civilization they are building.

Elias revealed that the location of the true Archive was hidden within the Great Orrery, a massive mechanical map of the stars located in the High Council's inner sanctum.


"I can get you in," Elias said, pulling a brass skeleton key from his pocket. "But once you touch the Orrery, the Sentinels will wake up. They'll recognize your signature. They'll know an Archive-Keeper is in the city."


"Kaelen, you're not recovered from the Nest," Lyra argued, her voice filled with concern.


"The world won't wait for my wounds to heal, Lyra," Kaelen said, his eyes hardening. "If Elias is right, Aethelgard is about to trigger a global reset. We are the only ones who can pull the plug."


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