The Color of Anima

Dr. Aris Vodya was a brilliant neuroscientist who lost everything to a degenerative neurological disease he couldn't cure. Now, he's been reborn into the failing body of Damir Volkov, a young nobleman in a world where magic is a birthright encoded in one's bloodline - a birthright Damir barely possesses. At his own politically-motivated engagement ceremony, Damir is publicly shamed for his weak 'Anima', the life force that powers all magic. But where others see a magical deficiency, Aris sees a flawed biological system. Armed with a profound understanding of the human nervous system, he begins a heretical study of magic, viewing Anima not as a mystical gift but as a form of bio-energy that can be stored, measured, and amplified. His first breakthrough, a 'voltaic sigil' that functions as a mana battery, brands him a heretic in the eyes of the traditionalist Resplendent Collegium. He must now race against the creeping decay of his new body and the world's fading magic, all while navigating a tense rivalry with his brilliant, magically-gifted fiancée. Can a man who failed to save one world's minds succeed in rewriting the very laws of another's soul?