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The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 1 (Light Novel)

by Daisuke Aizawa

A pretend mastermind faces a real conspiracy

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A pretend mastermind faces a real conspiracy

Cid is reborn in another world with a carefully chosen ambition: to remain an ordinary background figure until he can unveil himself as a hidden mastermind. To build that imagined role, he invents an organization and an evil cult for it to oppose. The central twist is the gap between Cid’s make-believe and the world around him: the cult is real, and his recruits understand the situation differently than he does. That setup drives a fantasy built around secret identities, mistaken assumptions, and the collision of one character’s elaborate fantasy with events beyond his awareness.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fantasy readers interested in reincarnation and another-world settings.
  • Readers who enjoy plots built around mistaken assumptions and secret organizations.
  • Fans of protagonists pursuing a self-fashioned mastermind persona.

Themes

ReincarnationSecret identitiesImagination versus realityMistaken assumptions

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Book overview

ONE BIG FAT LIE AND A FEW TWISTED TRUTHSEven in his past life, Cid's dream wasn't to become a protagonist or a final boss. He'd rather lie low as a minor character until it's prime time to reveal he's a mastermind...or at least, do the next best thing--pretend to be one! And now that he's been reborn into another world, he's ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal--and everyone knows the truth but him!
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