The Sorcerer

The Sorcerer, Book 1

By: Victor Pylaev

Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski

Was he a hero, a warrior, a savior, a defender of the helpless? A knight without fear or reproach?

No, nothing like that. Even among the gifted, he was known as a sorcerer, a warlock, a shapeshifter—one with a reputation firmly rooted in the darker side. But even such a man wouldn't turn his back on an old friend in need, especially not when the world seemed on the brink of collapse.

If only he had known the consequences his meddling would bring!

His genius didn't help him, and his unique ritual sent him farther into the past than intended. Worse still, it cast him into an alternate history—the year 1909 in the Russian Empire. This strange new world is ruled by aristocrats with powerful magical talents, and all manner of evil spirits, ghouls, and monsters crawl out of Breaches in reality, spilling into the streets of St. Petersburg. Now, with no friends, no allies, no money, and no title, he's stuck in the body of a skinny teenage boy. To survive, he must regain his former abilities, learn new ones, and find a way back home. But for him, this is just a minor setback.

His mission is far from over. He still has a job to do: save his world.

©2025 Victor Pylaev (P)2026 Podium Audio

Misleading Title

Hardly any sorcery or magic its more of a beast shifter book with alot of guns.

I'm really lycan the narration

Victor Pylaev's book is ostensibly about arch-sorcerer who went back in time to prevent an apocalypse but accidentally went back too far and into another timeline and into another's adolescent body, while retaining his memory from his centuries-lived past life. The plot unfolds in a rather predictable manner where he is attempting to regain his previous life's magical skills. However, the progress is slow paced. Additionally, the book mostly focuses on his heretofore unknown lycan trait and very little on being a sorcerer.

While I probably won't continue the series, Daniel Wisniewski, one of my favorite narrators, deserves a special call-out for his excellent Slavic dialect. Seriously, it is so well done that I finished the book on his performance alone.

Very interesting

Grear character development, narrator Daniel, always good, entertaining the story draws you in , will definitely listen to book 2.