In his past life, a friend's betrayal cost Eli everything—including his life. He wakes as a frail six-year-old in a drought-ravaged wasteland. His family is starving. Greedy relatives circle like vultures. Gangs loot what little remains. Then Eli unlocks the Wasteland Trading System. Food from nowhere. Supplies from another world. Warriors who answer only to him. He saves his mother. He turns soap into silver. He builds a safe haven in hell. The six-year-old who couldn't lift a sword now commands an army. The barbarians are coming. Eli is waiting.