Introduction: Nicholas is a sixteen year old mage in training when the future comes looking for him. They tell him he鈥檚 not going to be a great man, his son is. They tell him he鈥檚 going to die, a mere footnote in a grand tale of overcoming odds and right versus wrong.But Nicholas doesn鈥檛 care overly much about being great, or living a long life, he just wants to have fun with his friends. Evil high mage who? Time travelling son where? But it's becoming a bit difficult to ignore things when the high mage is spreading his influence over the world and Nicholas' son is toppling governments.Honestly, Nicholas is an optimist so鈥?hings could be worse....