Master of Skills!
(2026)(The first book in the Master of Skills series)
A novel by Arland Grace and George Werd
The power to learn every skill is in his hands.
Aldric Vance was supposed to die in his corporate trainer's apartment under a collapsed ceiling. Instead he woke up in the body of a condemned heretic, strapped to an execution chair. In this new world of Velmark, every person is given a Path - and to learn skills outside that path is considered heresy. Aldric's new body is that of a Mimic, the rarest and most hunted heretic of all. And the Inquisition is minutes from finishing their job; executing Aldric.
Then a Noblewoman bribes a guard and swoops him up, offering Aldric a bargain. Her ten year old son is a Mimic as well, and she needs someone who has survived that gift to teach him to hide it. Aldric finds himself tutoring in secret, along with a System that no Mimic has ever held: he can absorb any skill practiced by anyone he watches. Every skill is a new reward, and a new way forward. From simple skills to sword strikes to the magic of the gods, the fantasy of learning everything and becoming the strongest is realer than ever.
What started as a quiet transmigration becomes the quiet ascent of the greatest heretic the world has ever seen. With the brain from his past life, the backing of a noblewoman, and a System nobody else has, Aldric rushes down the path to become the Master of Skills, one skill at a time.
Genre: Fantasy
Aldric Vance was supposed to die in his corporate trainer's apartment under a collapsed ceiling. Instead he woke up in the body of a condemned heretic, strapped to an execution chair. In this new world of Velmark, every person is given a Path - and to learn skills outside that path is considered heresy. Aldric's new body is that of a Mimic, the rarest and most hunted heretic of all. And the Inquisition is minutes from finishing their job; executing Aldric.
Then a Noblewoman bribes a guard and swoops him up, offering Aldric a bargain. Her ten year old son is a Mimic as well, and she needs someone who has survived that gift to teach him to hide it. Aldric finds himself tutoring in secret, along with a System that no Mimic has ever held: he can absorb any skill practiced by anyone he watches. Every skill is a new reward, and a new way forward. From simple skills to sword strikes to the magic of the gods, the fantasy of learning everything and becoming the strongest is realer than ever.
What started as a quiet transmigration becomes the quiet ascent of the greatest heretic the world has ever seen. With the brain from his past life, the backing of a noblewoman, and a System nobody else has, Aldric rushes down the path to become the Master of Skills, one skill at a time.
Genre: Fantasy
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