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.