Ember’s Grace/The Architect’s Sacrifice
A game designer, reborn as a disgraced noble's bastard in the empire he created, must use his foreknowledge of an apocalyptic battle to survive—but his biggest threat isn't the alien horde. It's the golden-eyed heir who discovers that touching him is the only thing that stops the prince from going mad.
Synopsis:
New Era 284. The Celestial Empire spans the stars, ruled by five noble houses locked in a cold war. At its heart lies the Celestial Military Academy, where the empire's future elite train for the century-long war against the insectoid Krai.
Jiang Jin, a burned-out game designer, dies at his desk and wakes up as Orion Ember—the despised bastard of House Ember, demoted to being a "companion" to the heir of the most powerful house, Peregrine Cinder.
Peregrine is everything Orion designed in his game: perfect, untouchable, and hiding a deadly secret—a genetic flaw that sends him into violent, mindless rages. But when Orion gets too close, something impossible happens: Peregrine calms.
Now the golden-eyed prince is convinced Orion is either a weapon or a threat. He keeps him close—too close. And Orion, who knows that in 87 days the "Falling Star Battle" will annihilate the academy and kill everyone he's starting to care about, must play a dangerous game.
To survive, he must use his game designer's mind to outthink an empire.
To win, he must gain the trust of a man who trusts no one.
To live, he must stop the prince from burning out—without letting himself get burned.
But in a game of empires and embers, the line between savior and sacrifice is written in fire.
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