How to Break Magic with a Side of Sarcasm

After his cat literallyspilled the teaon his apocalypse-prep plans, Luke wakes up asHamza al-Faiz—firstborn of a minor governor in the magical Sultanate of Marnata. Armed with a brain full of stolen Earth knowledge (thanks,  piracy) and zero patience for “because magic” explanations, he’s determined to drag this sand-and-sorcery world kicking and screaming into the Industrial Age.

But blending science and spellwork isn’t easy. Every steam engine Hamza invents threatens to explode, every “logical” magic theory gives scholars aneurysms, and his growing reputation as a prodigy makes him a target for everyone from the Sultan to fire-breathing traditionalists. As his inventions spark riots, alliances, and an existential crisis (“AmIthe apocalypse now?”), Hamza must decide: Is he here to uplift this world, or just to out-stubborn it?