Michael Jameston, a 55-year-old American book sales executive and former silkscreen craftsman, awakens to an impossible reality: he now inhabits the body of Constantine Palaiologos, Despot of Morea and soon to be the last emperor of Byzantium. Initially questioning his sanity, Michael quickly embraces the extraordinary opportunity before him. Armed with his expertise in silkscreen printmaking, a passion for medieval battle reenactments, and a fascination with alternate history, he possesses knowledge of inventions and strategies centuries ahead of his time. Determined to survive and make a lasting impact, he sets out to reshape a world on the brink of monumental change.