Otto Shenk is the youngest son of a minor baron. He's also a wizard. Abused by his family and considered less than human by his kingdom, Otto does his best to survive. But everything changes when Otto stumbles across a tower hidden deep in a dark part of the forest near his home. A tower that was once the home of an Arcane Lord, the immortal wizards that long ago ruled the world. Otto’s life will be changed forever. And so will the world.

Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith has a plan: finish his tour of duty with the North American Alliance Marines, return home to Sentinel City, and marry his girlfriend. Sounds simple, but as he’s picking out an engagement ring, Daniel is struck by overwhelming pain as his soul gets ripped from his body and dragged across reality to a new world, a world of swords and magic. Daniel barely has time to get used to his new body before he’s whisked away to speak to a king. A king who informs him that he’s been summoned to fight the Demon King.

All Joran wanted was a quiet life of research and study in his alchemy lab. It didn’t seem like so much to ask. But when an emergency at one of his family’s trading posts crops up, his father insists that Joran is the only one that can straighten it out.

In a former life, Jack was gifted, meaning he possessed peculiar abilities. If rich folks found themselves in a jam, Jack could use his talents to get them out of it. Where others were sure to fail, Jack's aristocratic clientele could always count on him to finish jobs cleanly, efficiently, and leave no trace, for which his services commanded a hefty fee. But one day, Jack picked a fight with the wrong man and his old life came to an end. But, as it turned out, his story was far from over.

A must-listen fantasy novel from the author of the Soul Force Saga series.