A scene reminiscent of The Arcane Prophecy, featuring a lone female figure standing in the middle of a dark forest, and following a dim light.

The Arcane Prophecy will drive genre fiction readers insane

ByTC Marti

The Arcane Prophecy isn’t generic cookie-cutter fantasy. It’s got a literary flair and its author don’t care what you think.

If he cared, he’d check out YA academy fantasy best-sellers at the ‘Zon, read them, then recreate them. But why would I do that? So I can sell out and make a quick buck?

Nah, I don’t think so. Not in a world where I watched a YouTube video earlier that said NASCAR’s, and I’m paraphrasing, “finally returning to its redneck roots.”

Thank freaking fate. Anyway, that, the Cracker Barrel fiasco, and scaling back on DEI as we steamroll toward the latter half of the decade show me something: Maybe America’s returning to sanity. 

Unfortunately, we have a long way to go. The wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination was a grim reminder that political violence is still with us — and that’s exactly why voices that challenge orthodoxy can’t afford to go quiet.

For authors with unapologetic voices who refuse virtue signaling, spit on PR, and are smart enough to understand the natural laws of nature, it means a lot of us aren’t afraid to use our voices.

Personally, I’ve never been afraid. But if there’s a time to drive a genre the way I want it to read, it’s now.

The Arcane Prophecy will piss off the gatekeepers

No clear antagonist in Chapter 1, no classic good vs. evil, and no protagonist who’s got the world stacked against her? Nah, not a single gatekeeping reader and drive-by reviewer will like this one.

The Arcane Prophecy won’t line up with the book they just finished 20 minutes ago, and they can’t have that. But for readers who are sick and tired of the gatekeeping, tokenism, virtue signaling, and leftist ideology that’ve invaded so many YA fantasy novels?

Oh, you’re the audience that’s in for a real treat. Not sure if you’re in that group? Let me give you a brief questionnaire.

Are you:

  • Lowercase ‘l’ libertarian?
  • Who reads The Starfire Codes, Freedom Scale, and Pleasure to Burn?
  • A fan of the Mises Institute, FEE, and the Ron Paul Institute?
  • Listens to Radio Rothbard, Tom Woods, and Human Action?
  • Is a fan of Jordan Peterson?
  • Believes in competing currencies?
  • Loves YA fantasy?

If you said ‘yes’ to most or all of the above, you’re a damn good fit. My work ain’t a safe space. It’s a sane space — and YA fantasy desperately needs one.

Bringing much-needed sanity to YA fantasy

I’ve read a ton of novels this decade that carried so much virtue signaling that, by 2022, I gave up. There were way too many LGBTQ marches, overrepresentation of minority characters when there didn’t need to be, anti-Western multiculturalism, and a deceptive work that screamed democratic socialism.

Some conservatives might hate that I opt for the old gods and pagan symbols instead of Christianity. Most of the time, anyway. But you’ll see none of the above promoted in The Arcane Prophecy.

Instead, you’re getting Harry Potter colliding with Bob Murphy’s Chaos Theory. That means there are no social “safety nets,” welfare checks, government housing, or even publicly-funded “services” in this book’s setting.

And best yet, each book takes nuances that Murphy didn’t address in Chaos Theory and gives you answers.

Want a taste of what The Arcane Prophecy is before I dive into its libertarian edge? Check out the first three chapters now.

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