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.

Kaelen closed his eyes, tapping into the deep, ancient veins of the mountain he had felt at the Nest. He didn't just channel the energy; he forced his Ascendant Trace—his modern soul—to broadcast a "Glitch."


He envisioned the static of an old television, the chaotic noise of a failing machine. He projected that mental image into the Aetheria around them.


The Sentinels faltered. Their silver bodies began to vibrate and distort, losing their solid shapes.


Lyra dived for the alloy pedestal, slamming the skeleton key into the slot. A holographic map erupted from the center, filling the room with light.


Chapter 38 - Chapter 38: The Resonance