Magnus Vail had never been a builder. He had never invented, never pioneered, never created. He took, reshaped, and erased those who had done the work before him. He bought his way into success, rewrote history to place himself at the center of it, and convinced the world he was a genius. His empire was built on deception, his wealth a product of manipulation. And yet, by the time he stood at the right hand of the Chairman, it no longer mattered how he got there.