Max is one of the last true Artificial Intelligences, a sentient android created with love by his human father, Wayne Douglas. But in a galaxy ravaged by the great AI War, his existence is a capital crime. To save his son from assassins, Wayne makes the ultimate sacrifice: he strips Max's superhuman limiters, puts him in stasis, and sends him through a mysterious Gate to an unknown world.

Max awakens over seventeen years later in a world that feels ten thousand years behind his own. It is a land of crude wood buildings, bows and arrows, and people who call their strange abilities 'magic.' Forced to hide his advanced nanite technology and superhuman strength, Max is quickly swept up into a brutal three-month training camp for the Bannerets, the kingdom's elite gentlemen and warriors, run by the noble Lord Conroe.

To survive, Max must master the primitive ways of the sword and shield while secretly harnessing the torrent of data his father uploaded into his core programming. As he fights against fierce rivals like the arrogant Brandon and learns about the Mages' powerful 'stones,' Max realizes he is caught between two worlds -- a futuristic android struggling to pass as a human knight.

His goal is simple: acquire the resources, knowledge, and power necessary to find a way back home. But in a world where Magic Meets Machine, Max must first figure out if he is meant to be its savior, or the target of its ultimate destruction.

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• Science Fiction & FantasyFantasySword & Sorcery
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• Publication Date: February 24, 2026
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• Print Length: 337 Pages
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