Betrayed and on the brink of death, Ian Verocian, a mage and the emperor of the Variel Empire, is sent a hundred years back in time by a forbidden spell. His empire is crumbling. His allies are dead. His enemies are closing in. And the man he trusted most just drove a blade through his heart.
Then the spell takes hold. A final, desperate act that defies the laws of magic. Ian closes his eyes as an emperor dying on the floor of his own throne room.
He opens them as a child.
Ian wakes up as Ian Vratz, a margrave’s illegitimate son. A bastard. A nobody. A boy who exists only to be used as a bargaining chip.
He soon learns he is about to be sent off to a desert tribe as part of a political treaty. An exile disguised as diplomacy. The margrave does not care what happens to him. The tribe will probably kill him. The empire he once ruled has no idea who he really is.
Now Ian must use his wits and powerful magic to gather allies and figure out the plots lurking around him. He knows the future. He knows who will betray him. He knows exactly how the empire will fall if he does nothing.
But he is just a bastard son now. No power. No influence. No one believes he matters.
The question is… can this young mage change his fate before time runs out once more?
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