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Exiled to a Foreign Land: Managing a Destitute Estate
Philipneverexpectedhisnewlifetobeso…complicated.WhenatragicaccidentinthemodernmetropolisofBortintoabruptlyendshisstruggleforsurvival,hewakesupasthescandal-riddenheirofaducalhouseinaworldwheremagicandsciencecoexist.Anyfantasiesofaneasy,heroiclifevanishthemomentherealizesthattheestatethatheistaskedwithmanagingisdrowningindebt,andhisreputationhasbeenshreddedbyrumorsinvolvinghispredecessor’sbrokenengagementtothesocialiteLadyRosetta—thegranddaughterofaprince.Evenashescramblestorebuildhisestate’sfortunes—grapplingwithcontaminatedland,mountingdebts,andshrewedindustrialists—heunearthstroublingsecretsabouttheoriginalPhilip’sheartbreakandsuicide.Adark,hiddenforceseemsintentonwipinghimoutforanunknownreason.AsconspiraciesemergelinkingLadyRosetta’sdeparturetotheseshadowymachinations,Philipstrugglestoseparateallyfromadversary,notknowingwhythispowerinhighplacesissobentondestroyinghim.Meanwhile,therealmteetersonthebrinkofmonumentalchange.Technologicalandsocialrevolutionscollidewithcentury-oldmagicaltraditions,andwardrumsthunderonthedistantborders.Armedwithhismodernknowledgeoffinance—nowfusedwiththekingdom’sburgeoningindustrialinnovations—Philipattemptstoridethetrendsandtransformhisestateintoabeaconofprosperityandsecurehisheirshiptotheducaltitle.Yeteachsmalltriumphonlyattractsmoreenemies.TaskedbytheSystemwithcultivatingasupernaturalentitywhileuncoveringtherealreasonbehindLadyRosetta’scanceledengagementandtheoriginalPhilip’stragicend,hemustalsoshieldthosehegrowstocareaboutfromtheloomingthreats.Willheharnessthesynergyofmagic,technology,andcommercetosteerhisestatetowardgreatness,orwillmalevolentforcesquashhissecondchanceatlife?Willhissecondchanceatlifeendthesametragicwayashisfirst?
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