Fate knows how to joke. Yesterday you were the Empire’s most formidable warrior, leading legions and deciding the outcome of battles, and today you’ve turned out to be an extra for your own country. They crossed you out without a hint of regret and simply killed you. Drama, right?
For someone—yes. But not for me. I never trusted the emperor and his lackeys. And somehow I managed to find a way back to life.
I came to consciousness in the body of a sickly young man being taken to his certain death. I’m an aristocrat—sold into slavery by my own father. I’m shaking in a cage with others like me, all condemned, as they transport us to a tower from which no one escapes. I can feel it: this tower will grind everyone nearby to pieces. Everyone—except me. I will survive. Because there’s simply no other option.