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The Untold Tale


A Fantasy Novel


Book 1 of the Accidental Turn Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Portal Fantasy,
  • Quest Fantasy,
  • Reluctant Hero,
  • Meta Fantasy
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Fantasy quests led by the overlooked or reluctant hero
  • Meta stories that question fandom and narrative power
  • Characters wrestling with being second-best in a legendary family
Publisher Description

Forsyth Turn is not a hero. Lordling of Turn Hall, yes. Spymaster for the king, certainly. But hero? That's his older brother's job, and Kintyre Turn is nothing if not legendary.

However, when a raid on the kingdom's worst criminal results in the rescue of a baffling woman, oddly named and even more oddly mannered, Forsyth finds his quaint, sedentary life turned on its head.

Dragged reluctantly into a quest he never expected, and fighting villains that even his brother has never managed to best, Forsyth is forced to confront his own self-shame and the demons that come with always being second-best.

And, more than that, when he finally realizes where his companion came from and why she's here, he'll be forced to question not only his place in the world, but the very meaning of his own existence.

Smartly crafted, The Untold Tale gives agency to the overlooked, and asks what it really means to be a fan when the worlds you love don't resemble the world you live in, celebrates the power of the written word, and shows us what happens when someone stands up and refuses to remain a secondary character in their own life.

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I love tales filled with unexpected narrators, meta fiction, and stories about stories. My characters always have rich internal lives, are usually social or politically active, and firm opinions they're not afraid to share.

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