From Barren Lands to Enemy of the Gods

An order of exile cast Lin En Huiyao, the “Shame of the Kingdom,” to the kingdom's northernmost frontier, a barren wasteland called Ravenfrost. The winds cut like knives, the soil is poor, bandits run rampant, and the people are numb with despair. The nobles in the capital are waiting for this poor wretch, who offended the archbishop of the Church, to freeze and starve to death come winter.

What they don't know is that Lin En carries the soul of someone from another world, an expert in history and technology. Barren? That's untapped potential! Poor soil? They just need the right crops and methods! He has no golden finger, only an eye for what lies beyond the age and a practical, down-to-earth approach to farming.

With knowledge and perseverance, Lin En carves a prosperous oasis out of the frozen earth.

But the true deadly threat comes from the supreme Church. The way Lin En rose to power, certain “heretical” technologies in his territory, and the shocking secret he inadvertently uncovered, that the Church uses faith to control the throne and conduct forbidden experiments, have made him a “blasphemer” and an “enemy of theocracy” who must be eliminated.

When legions of holy knights march on his lands in the name of “purification,” when the Church's inquisitors secretly weave their nets, and when the kingdom's nobles look on coldly or even kick him while he's down, Lin En Huiyao stands before the prosperous territory he built with his own hands and raises the banner of rebellion against the theocracy at the height of its power. With steel, grain, and the hearts of the people, he will proclaim to the world that theocracy can be challenged, and that this land, nourished by sweat, will be his final stronghold against it! From barren wasteland to enemy of theocracy, this is a road to triumph paved with rye and steel!