Of eight minds

Paul is an apprentice golemsmith, set up by his family for a comfortable life. Unfortunately war looms in the north and disaster looms in the south. When he accepts the tutelage of a stranger who promises him the power to protect both his city and his family, Paul starts on a journey from which he can’t turn back and learns things that hequite specificallydidn’t want to know.

The Sci-Fi and First Contact tags will only be apparent in later chapters. Until then it’s Renaissance-level technology + magic.