Nicholas Parker was supposed to be a hero. Instead the Magerium Council took one look at his test results declared him ""insufficient "" and dumped him on a cursed farm that had killed seventeen previous owners. That was their first mistake. Six months later Nick's running the most revolutionary agricultural operation in the known world. His farm produces food that makes people weep with joy his workers consider their employment contracts to be spiritual callings and he's accidentally founded a religion based on proper safety protocols. When he's not optimizing cockatrice egg production or managing his dimensional predator breeding program he's casually transforming ancient curses into beneficial magical infrastructure. The problem isn't his success. The problem is that everyone keeps mistaking his practical farming techniques for cosmic intervention. Merchant guilds are declaring economic warfare. Religious extremists are organizing crusades. Government