Kalian was the proud secret commander and loyal prince of the Subyera Kingdom, having fought fiercely against the overwhelming imperial forces of Kailus to protect his homeland until the bitter end. Standing atop the burning ramparts, he fell defending his people, cursing the ruthless imperial conquest as his vision faded into eternal darkness. Opening his eyes once more, Kalian awakens ten years in the past, trapped inside the body of Calian, the fragile and despised third prince of none other than the Kailus Empire, his sworn enemy. Living in a snake pit of paranoid siblings, treacherous concubines, and royal assassins, he must conceal his battle-hardened military instincts behind the mask of a sickly adolescent. Resolving to survive the lethal imperial court, Calian uses his tactical genius to quietly dismantle internal conspiracies, swearing to transform the empire from within to prevent the future annihilation of his beloved people....more