A king leads a rebellion against his rival all in a single night. Using trickery, his advanced intellect, and a unique new magic, he undoes decades of peace treaties and negotiations in order to gain the power he feels he deserves. In the end, however, he realizes that the prize he coveted so badly will not be his after all.
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