"School at the Edge of the Empire" is a novel by Yan Badevsky, the first book in the "Mechanics of the Impossible" cycle. Genre: bojyar-anime, reincarnators transported into magical worlds, action fantasy.
I’m a killer. The best of my kind—because for centuries I’ve been reincarnating and perfecting my craft. After reaching old age and dying peacefully within my family circle, I planned to step into the future. Instead, I was transported to 1978. Not the USSR— the Russian Empire. Not a normal government— warring clans. Mechs roam the streets, and in the school I’ve ended up in, you’re allowed to carry cold weapons. On top of that, I’m in the body of a fourteen-year-old orphan and I remember nothing of his past. No money, no roof over my head. You think I’m done for? Not today.