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Paranoid Mage by InadvisablyCompelled
Book One: Paranoid Mage
Callum had seen things all his life. There are monsters and beasts living among people, but he learned very early not to admit such things, not if he didn’t want people to think him crazy.
It turns out that the supernatural is real, but at thirty Callum has no desire to be part of that secret. Not that he has a choice when it turns out he is a mage, albeit one that hasn’t cast any spells in all his life. There are requirements, duties, and education that the powers that be insist he be subject to.
To hell with that.
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Book Two: Renegade Mage
After escaping from the Guild of Arcane Regulation and the Bureau of Secret Enforcement, Callum has lost his greatest protection: his obscurity. Now the powers that be know who he is, and hiding is harder than ever. Nor is hiding a plan, just a reaction.
Now Callum is forced to decide how he wants to approach the supernatural world, and how he’s going to keep himself secure when the apparatus of government is arrayed against him. Even if he wanted to live as a mage, that bridge has been thoroughly burned, and even if he wanted to live as a normal person, he is far too deep to close his eyes to what he’s seen.
He has to make his own terms.
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Paranoid Mage is an urban fantasy but it goes rather sideways from the normal stuff fairly quickly.
Chapters are Fridays, 5PM EST, with approximately 5,000 words per chapter. Collapse
Callum had seen things all his life. There are monsters and beasts living among people, but he learned very early not to admit such things, not if he didn’t want people to think him crazy.
It turns out that the supernatural is real, but at thirty Callum has no desire to be part of that secret. Not that he has a choice when it turns out he is a mage, albeit one that hasn’t cast any spells in all his life. There are requirements, duties, and education that the powers that be insist he be subject to.
To hell with that.
***
Book Two: Renegade Mage
After escaping from the Guild of Arcane Regulation and the Bureau of Secret Enforcement, Callum has lost his greatest protection: his obscurity. Now the powers that be know who he is, and hiding is harder than ever. Nor is hiding a plan, just a reaction.
Now Callum is forced to decide how he wants to approach the supernatural world, and how he’s going to keep himself secure when the apparatus of government is arrayed against him. Even if he wanted to live as a mage, that bridge has been thoroughly burned, and even if he wanted to live as a normal person, he is far too deep to close his eyes to what he’s seen.
He has to make his own terms.
***
Paranoid Mage is an urban fantasy but it goes rather sideways from the normal stuff fairly quickly.
Chapters are Fridays, 5PM EST, with approximately 5,000 words per chapter. Collapse
- Status in COO: Ongoing
- Total written: 100+ chapters
- Available: 112 chapters
- Year of publishing: 2022
- Language: English
- Authors: InadvisablyCompelled
- Publishers: RoyalRoad
- Views: 22 183
- Total views: 114 055
- Comments: 29
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Last 25 chapters
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Not a Chapter: New Story Announcement! 3 months ago
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Not A Chapter: Webtoon version of Paranoid Mage released! 4 months ago
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Not A Chapter: New Story Announcement! 10 months ago
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Afterword and Next Stories 11 months ago
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Epilogue 11 months ago
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Chapter 22: Reality 11 months ago
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Chapter 21: Revelation 11 months ago
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Chapter 20: Nuclear 1 year ago
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Chapter 19: Blitz 1 year ago
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Chapter 18: Alliance 1 year ago
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Chapter 17: Consolidation 1 year ago
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Chapter 16: Proliferation 1 year ago
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Chapter 15: Demands 1 year ago
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Chapter 14: Summit 1 year ago
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Chapter 13: GAR 1 year ago
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Chapter 12: Wizzy 1 year ago
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Chapter 11: Retreat 1 year ago
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Chapter 10: Retaliation 1 year ago
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Chapter 9: Dividends 1 year ago
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Chapter 8: Investment 1 year ago
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Chapter 7: Dispatch 1 year ago
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Chapter 6: Planning 1 year ago
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Chapter 5: Clashes 1 year ago
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Chapter 4: Maneuvers 1 year ago
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Chapter 3: Redoubt 1 year ago
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