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Description: Marvin Tiddlewhack always dreamed of becoming a legendary wizard. There’s just one problem—he’s absolutely terrible at magic. After being expelled from the prestigious Wandsworth Academy for accidentally turning the Headmaster into a llama (twice), Marvin sets off on a journey to prove he's more than just a magical mishap magnet. Joined by a sarcastic talking goat, an exasperated rogue who's allergic to stupidity, and a bard who can't stop narrating everyone's failures in rhyme, Marvin must survive quests, curses, and an evil sorcerer with a personal vendetta… against Marvin’s hat. Can Marvin become the hero he imagines—or will he blow up another town square trying? One thing’s for sure: the world of magic has never been so accident-prone.

Synopsis: In the fractured kingdom of Veridale, Kael Draven has one goal: to join the Shadow Corps, the covert force sworn to protect the royal family from threats within and beyond the kingdom’s walls. Known for their secrecy, deadly skill, and total loyalty to the crown, the Corps operate in silence—and few who enter ever return to the world they knew. Kael earns his place in the King's Academy through brutal trials and is placed in a squad with Reyna Voss, a fiercely capable hunter’s daughter, and Jared Varion, an arrogant noble with a dangerous grudge. But what begins as training quickly unravels into something far deadlier. Missions turn bloody, secrets surface, and Kael's squad stumbles onto a conspiracy linking a powerful noble house with Veridale's greatest enemy. As betrayal festers within the kingdom's highest ranks and the Shadow Corps itself is compromised, Kael is framed, exiled, and hunted by the very force he swore to serve. But exile reveals a truth about his bloodline that connects him to the war in ways he never imagined—and gives him the power to fight back. With war on the horizon and loyalties shifting, Kael must expose the traitors, protect the throne, and decide who he truly is: a pawn in someone else’s game—or a force to end it. An action-packed adventurous novel with a brave warrior male lead in a royal weak-to-strong MC setting.