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.

Silas raised a brass hand, and the room filled with the whine of charging energy.


"It's a hundred-story drop!" she cried.


Kaelen grabbed her waist and sprinted toward the massive stained-glass window. He didn't look back. He channeled every ounce of Aetheria into his legs and shattered the glass, leaping out into the night air of Aethelgard.


As they plummeted toward the city lights, Kaelen felt the rush of the wind. He wasn't afraid. For the first time in two lives, he knew exactly what he had to do.


Chapter 40 - Chapter 40: The Leap of Faith