The Architect of a Second Age

Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-emperor of Rome, dies not in his bed at Vindobona, but awakens two thousand years in the future. He finds himself in the body of a brilliant but disgraced historian, Dr. Julian Adler, in a world teetering on the brink of a new dark age. Global alliances are fracturing, advanced technology has created a complacent and disconnected society, and the art of true statesmanship is lost. Armed with the mind of an emperor, the wisdom of a stoic philosopher, and the harsh lessons of Rome’s decline, Marcus must navigate the treacherous world of 23rd-century geopolitics. Can one of history’s greatest leaders prevent a technologically advanced civilization from repeating the mistakes of the past and architect a new golden age, or will he be forced to watch the fall of Rome twice in one lifetime?