Зориан хотел лишь спокойно завершить свое обучение магии. Вместо этого он вынужден отчаянно искать ответы, раз за разом проживая последний месяц. День Сурка — фэнтези-версия.

Перевод Mother of Learning хорватского автора Домагоя Курмаича (nobody103). Мир развитой магии, даже не фэнтези — мана-панк. Временная петля. Расчетливый и осторожный герой. И много-много учебы. Предупреждение: в произведении идут военные действия, так что присутствуют насилие и смерть.

Zorian is a teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, attending his third year of education at Cyoria’s magical academy. He is a driven and irritable young man, consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, whom he resents for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, he has no time for pointless distractions or paying attention to other people’s problems.

As it happens, time is something he is about to get plenty of. On the eve of the Cyoria’s annual summer festival, he is killed and brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about to take a train to Cyoria. Suddenly trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit, Zorian will have to look both within and without to unravel the mystery before him. And he does have to unravel it, for the time loop hadn’t been made for his sake and dangers lurk everywhere…

Repetition is the mother of learning, but Zorian will have to first make sure he survives to try again - in a world of magic, even a time traveler isn’t safe from those who wish him ill.

Zorian Kazinski has all the time in the world to get stronger, and he plans

on taking full advantage of it.

A teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, Zorian is

attending his third year of education at Cyoria’s magical academy. A driven

and quiet young man, he is consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and

free himself of the influence of his family, resenting the Kazinskis for

favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, Zorian has no time for pointless

distractions, much less other people’s problems.

As it happens, though, time is something he is about to get plenty of.

On the eve of Cyoria’s annual summer festival, Zorian is murdered, then

abruptly brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about

to take the train to school. Finding himself trapped in a time loop with no

clear end or exit, he will have to look both within and without to unravel the

mystery set before him. He does have to unravel it, too, because the loop

clearly wasn’t made for his sake, and in a world of magic even a time traveler

isn’t safe from those who wish him ill.

Fortunately for Zorian, repetition is the mother of learning…

Zorian Kazinski has all the time in the world to get stronger, and he plans

on taking full advantage of it.

A teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, Zorian is

attending his third year of education at Cyoria’s magical academy. A driven

and quiet young man, he is consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and

free himself of the influence of his family, resenting the Kazinskis for

favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, Zorian has no time for pointless

distractions, much less other people’s problems.

As it happens, though, time is something he is about to get plenty of.

On the eve of Cyoria’s annual summer festival, Zorian is murdered, then

abruptly brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about

to take the train to school. Finding himself trapped in a time loop with no

clear end or exit, he will have to look both within and without to unravel the

mystery set before him. He does have to unravel it, too, because the loop

clearly wasn’t made for his sake, and in a world of magic even a time traveler

isn’t safe from those who wish him ill.

Fortunately for Zorian, repetition is the mother of learning…

As the months in the time loop seem to add up without end, Zorian forms

alliances with acquaintances old and new in an effort to solve the mystery of

the loop and save his city—maybe even the world—from destruction.

But while his mage skills develop and he pursues more advanced and unusual

forms of magic, Zorian must battle necromancers, fanatical cultists, and

vicious creatures—all while avoiding the attention of the lich who could kill

him…

Permanently.