Demir Grappo Voluntary Exile . Faced with betrayal in the war and suffering severe moral injury, he parted with wealth and power, renounced the duties of commander, ruler and son and retired to the province, where he risks ending his days ingloriously. Everything changes the brutal murder of his mother, a prominent imperial politician. Demir returns to Ossa, the capital of the empire, to take the place of the head of the family and solve the crime, and suddenly learns that all over the world there are already exhausted reserves of raw materials for Godglass - magic glass, without which the existence of civilization is unthinkable. And this means that he must urgently conclude alliances, gather friends and rivals under his banner, fight back powerful guild families trying to seize the remnants of precious raw materials ... He must prepare for a war that will eclipse all previous wars. Brian McClellan is known to readers as the creator of the popular military fantasy series “Powder Magician”.