Nate Nelson is an awkward teenager, an expert Dungeon Master, and a connoisseur of unrequited crushes.

A perpetual target for bullies in high school, he found kinship and safety retreating into the world of fantasy role-playing games with his two best friends: Samantha, a quick witted misanthrope who describes her new step-father as having uppercase gums with lower case teeth, and Charlie, a mad genius convinced the little crosses on the side of the road are for crucifying squirrel criminals and religious zealots.

When the three decidedly unheroic friends are transported to an actual fantasy world, filled with dragons, wizards, and danger, they reluctantly embark on a quest to confront a terrible evil. There is, after all, some sort of vague prophecy they're meant to fulfill. According to the wisest mystic in the realm. Who they may or may not have accidentally killed.

With each new horrifying, deadly discovery, the friends must prove, not only to themselves, but to everyone who has ever met them, that they can be heroes. Without dying in the process.

I will be posting a chapter from this novel every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, until the first book has been added in full.