Aida's 100th birthday wish was as simple as it was unlikely: a do-over. If only she could be young again, somehow go back and mend her broken relationships, reclaim her abandoned youthful dreams, and make it up to all the people she'd hurt and disappointed...

She soon discovers that granted wishes don't manifest the way you'd expect.

Half-kidnapped, half-enticed from her nursing home by a stranger as tall, dark, and handsome as he is sarcastic, bitter, and arrogant along with his gang of bone-masked killers, she embarks on a journey fantastic and furious, beautiful and bizarre, transformative and terrifying as they travel across the pages of the Book of Verses.

[Spoiler alert: if you avoid reading book covers or seeing movie trailers to enjoy discovery alongside your protagonists, skip this next bit].

Once through the Vale between worlds, a brutal ritual restores her to youth as she becomes one of the immortal Dynasts who rule the Book. Granted an entire world to rule, all she needs to do is survive the dangerous creatures lurking in its desolation, manage her haywire powers, evade assassins, talk down riotous mobs, and navigate the labyrinthine path through Dynastic political schemes. All while haunted by and straining against the Imminent Prophecy as it paradoxically proclaims her both Savior and Doom of the Book.

Note: put all the tags on as story will almost certainly include some swearing, sexual content, gore, and people experiencing trauma but the story isn't "about" or focused on any of those things. Racist, sexist, classist, speciesist, and otherwise bigoted, unpleasant, ignorant, and misguided characters may appear and, hopefully, be taught, enlightened, or overcome.

Chapter Goal: Aiming for 5 chapters a week until 20 chapters.

Then 4 chapters a week thereafter until 40 chapters.

Then 3 chapters a week.