A young girl undertakes an education in the magical arts--and uses her talents to save her world from a deadly invasion--in this spellbinding fantasy debut.

Van's carefree days of construction are numbered now that the neighboring kingdom has come to conquer. Once considered useless, his production magic arms his co

Van, fourth son of a marquis, is just a toddler when he realizes he's been reincarnated. Thanks to his literal lifetime of knowledge, he's raised as a child pro

Van is hard at work using his past-life knowledge and production magic to enhance his little hamlet in exile. This time around, he's built some beefy ballistae

First published in German in 1980s and published here in English for the first time, this brave and provocative book was one of the first to attempt to understa