An archmage enrolls in magical university, glad to finally be free of war. Unfortunately, trouble seems to follow him everywhere... After dealing with monsters spilling from magical Gates and Towers—and worse, the people fighting over the resources of the new world—Syl is happy to be no more than an unremarkable class 3 student with dismal practical scores and a powerful secret at an Aurian magic academy. Assigned to guard the undercover princess, he is content to live school life—right up until people start trying to kill them both. As outside forces start to close in and Auria hides its weakness from its people, Syl refuses to allow his peace to be trampled on. Once, he was legendary on the battlefield, a voiceless sovereign who left nothing in his wake. He will show the world why they feared the Silent Archmage.

War is coming. The kingdom is not ready. Syl is. Syl's first semester at the Aurian Magical Institute has been more eventful than he hoped for. With hundreds of Cascadian magicians dead in his wake, he realizes that peace is no longer an option. He and Bianca have had enough of war, but their names are still feared across the seas for a reason. They will not go gently. As neighboring nations descend upon the kingdom and Auria starts to splinter apart on the inside, Syl realizes that this feud goes far deeper than a simple land grab. Something deeper is afoot, and the oncoming storm may plunge the entire world back into a war it can't afford. Pride goes before the fall. The Silent Archmage has returned.