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After a decade of brutal war, John Sutton retires to a small farm on the edge of the empire, wanting nothing but quiet fields. His Doom Points keep creeping toward 100 — the signal that the world is ending — and bandits, wary neighbors and a secret in the nearby mountains won't leave him in peace.
Progression: an already overpowered battle mage learning how magic actually works, alongside a farm and a valley that grow with him.
Reader fit: you want cozy farming days punctuated by a veteran solving problems at overwhelming force.
Texture: cozy, wry, explosive when it counts.
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