"Pulls off the difficult trick of simultaneously parodying, celebrating, and exemplifying its genre." -BookLife

Gilbert Betters is not the Chosen One.

But when he's unexpectedly pulled into a bizarre new world—complete with magic, dragons, and a tap-dancing butterfly—the signs seem clear. When he learns that an evil tyrant is rising to power, his suspicion only grows, and when the truth about Earth is revealed, he's certain.

He's a protagonist.

He has all the makings of a Hero…or at least, he has the backstory of one. The rest is a work in progress.

Thrown into a baffling land, as lively and eccentric as it is relentless, Gilbert befriends wizards, librarians, and an exceptionally enthusiastic hippalectryon to combat the threat of tyranny. All the while, he must confront questions of his own reality and decide just how much he's willing to sacrifice to find a home again.

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