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Christopher Sinclair vanishes on an Arizona evening and awakens in a harsh, winter‑streaked realm where magic is real but costly. Sentenced to death, he joins an eternal war as a priest of the Bright Lady, the goddess of healing. When the god of war, Marcius, offers a path back home for his wife, Christopher shifts allegiance, thrusting the church into turmoil. Armed only with his engineering skills, awakening weapons and size‑sized technology, he must confront duelists, assassins, and relentless monsters. Titans and demons conspire against him, and his choices could save or doom the world.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: M. C. Planck
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