Mankind's final chance for freedom collides with a young boy's boundless hunger for vengeance. Hundreds of years before the events of Strength of a Thousand, the Mad Nobles ruled humanity with an iron fist. With the sinful gods by their sides, the Nobles thought their reign would last forever. It didn't. After an assassin murdered his parents, Prince Thel lay in a hospital bed for nearly 8 years, dreaming of the day he'd finally take back everything that was rightfully his. He wants to be a good king. A reformer. But he’s surrounded by cowards and traitors, and his parent’s killer lurks in the wings, determined to end the line of kings once and for all. The Double Last Stand is the first prequel in the Science and Sorcery series, an epic saga where giant robots battle demonic gods, scheming nobles plot their return from exile, and heroes forge almighty machines that resonate with their souls.