Catenarian Chronicles genre hops across literary landscapes
So-called experts may frown on genre hopping. But I stopped giving a damn a long time ago and pushed Catenarian Chronicles past genre limits.
Read Deceived Mage, and you’ll get dark urban fantasy political thriller vibes. Shift gears to Cursed Mage, and you’ll read a dark paranormal fantasy with dystopian hints. Graduate to Astray Mage, and dystopian fiction rings loud and clear.
There’s enough genre hopping to scare casual readers away in seconds.
But you know what? That’s fine. Because Catenarian Chronicles ain’t about putting together a mega genre puzzle. It’s like real life: You might sprint through a political thriller one day and live in dystopian science fiction the next.
👉 Start your genre-hopping journey with Cursed Mage if you want proof
Escapism is a lie
Some readers want escape. But this series, a dark paranormal fantasy at heart, something even Deceived Mage implies, forces readers to confront uncomfortable underlying truth bombs.
One truth bomb in question? There’s no such thing as escape.
I was in Kroger earlier today, and d’you know what I heard over the loudspeaker? Are you up to date with your vaccines? You can’t even go into a damn grocery store without confronting propaganda.
Turn on an NFL game. You’re not getting an escape, especially when you watch with a close eye. You find messages on helmets, in the back of endzones, and in every other commercial.
And you get even more shoved down your throat if the game’s on NFL Network, where literally every commercial’s designed to program your mind.
No one’s safe and no one escapes.
Tradpub is fake freedom
If you’re sensitive, easily triggered, or can’t stand it when someone dissents against the script? Oh, you’re in for a nightmare if you dare to even tread water with my work.
Why? Here’s the pacifying experience you’re getting when you “escape” into traditionally published fiction:
- Checked boxes
- Watered-down genre formulas
- DEI quotas
- Sensitivity reads
- Leftist ideology
- Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
So I thought I’d wreak havoc with Catenarian Chronicles, and go further than just sticking a wrench in good old genre hops.
👉 Find out how far I push limits in Cursed Mage
Catenarian Chronicles is for the rule-breakers
Why break rules? Believe what you want, but there are readers out there who demand it. Readers who want fiction that throws a double middle finger to genre rules and ideological babysitters.
They want authors unafraid to not just push genre limits, but cross boundaries into untamed land. And that’s my promise with not only Catenarian Chronicles, but every damn thing I write.
Hell, even my dystopian survival series Beyond the Lost flirts with myths and legends, and characters whose abilities border on the supernatural.
Start with Cursed Mage
If you’re sick and tired of reading the same book you finished 20 minutes ago, you’re a prime candidate to follow Kaija Jokiharju as she discovers that being a Mage isn’t just about attending a Hogwarts-like school to hone her skills.
No, she learns that Mage ability, especially with her sheer power, comes with a warning label.
Her journey begins with a bang, and it gets fucking brutal. Start with Cursed Mage today, and find out why this isn’t safe, sanitized fantasy.
