The Emperor's Burden: The Hidden Prophecy

The state of Eliан is on the brink of collapse and ruin. War, a rebellion, a church plot. Knowledge and technology against craftsmanship and magic. Together. All at once. The countdown has begun to what the good, long-waiting two hundred years—filled by the emperor’s grumbling—had been preparing. The conspirators are ready to activate the Dark Portal. Something dreadful will emerge from it—something that, in principle, can kill the entire world. Hope lies only with five young masters of the mountains and seven allies from the outside circle, as well as an ancient prophecy… But will it come true? After all, the fable is so unclear, so vague…