Ethan Vale had read Eclipse of the Eternal Empire more times than he could count. He knew every twist, every betrayal, and every tragic fate written in its pages. But when he wakes up inside its world—not as the protagonist, not as a villain, but as a nameless soldier doomed to die before the real story even begins—he realizes something is wrong.
Armed with only his unreliable knowledge of the novel and a pathetic Martial Aura, Ethan barely escapes his scripted death. But the story isn’t unfolding as it should. Forgotten side characters are still alive. Key events are happening out of order. And Seran Durell, the novel’s future villain, is watching Ethan far too closely—almost as if he, too, knows the future.
As Ethan navigates political conspiracies, deadly warriors, and a world that seems to be rewriting itself, he must answer one question:
Was Eclipse of the Eternal Empire just a book? Or had it always been real?
And most importantly—who is pulling the strings of this world’s fate?