Verdan Blacke is an Imperial Wizard, a researcher by preference but soldier in the war by necessity.

Cursed by a hex witch in her final moments, Verdan escapes the ever-increasing pain the curse inflicts by performing a self-made stasis ritual.

When the curse has finally faded and he has awoken, Verdan finds a world completely different from the one he left behind. Dark things work in daylight with impunity, once common knowledge is a mystery and even the nature of magic that humans use has changed.

Verdan has the chance to start over, to devote himself to his research and leave the world to carry on as it will. All he has to do is forget his Oath as a Wizard, to let the final piece of the empire die.