Darius Vale and the Inconvenience of Destiny
Power follows severe tiers in the magically rule-bound world of Elderglen; prophecies pick faultless heroes; and fate never makes errors.
Until it chooses Darius Vale.
Darius is unfortunate, sarcastic, and wholly unqualified; he shatters strong magic. Marked as a rare Tier Five Anomaly, his presence destabilizes reality, disrupts spells, and causes painstakingly planned events to disintegrate in the most bothersome manner imaginable.
Along with a competent yet irritable fighter and a sharp-tongued magical animal, Darius finds himself thrust into a world-saving quest and swiftly discovers that being selected does not imply being ready. Darius's disordered life turns both a danger and a counterbalance as an old force called the Fracture starts imposing flawless order throughout the globe.
Hunted by fate, feared by friends, and observed by something that should never see him, Darius has to decide whether to continue fleeing the catastrophe he creates or welcome the reality that sometimes the only means to mend a broken world is to be the problem it can't control.
Darius Vale and the Inconvenience of Destiny is a lighthearted fantasy replete with biting comedy, outlandish magic, and heart that discusses luck, choice, and why the worst conceivable hero could be precisely what the world requires.