A nameless teenage boy awakens with memory loss in the year 1000 AD, in a brutal world where death is constant and life is fragile. He grows up in the mud, scraping for food and survival. Through countless brushes with death, he becomes a scrappy, self-taught fighter, eventually earning a reputation as a prodigy born from the slums.The book, written in first person, follows his cycle of “living and dying” again and again — each survival shaping him into something harder, sharper, and less human.