Dare Ellion used to worry about misplaced commas and dangling modifiers. As a meticulous copy editor, precision was his life. But when he discovers The Verityboard, a sleek obsidian typewriter that makes every sentence he strikes come true, precision becomes a curse. Through the phenomenon of Inkwarp, Dare's well-intentioned prose begins to unravel reality in the most literal ways possible. When he writes that a man "rose to fame, " he watches in horror as the man levitates into the stratosphere.
With his skeptical friend Felix Greave documenting every disastrous definition, Dare must stay one step ahead of Dr. Enid Volarre, a ruthless narrative engineer who wants the machine for herself. In a world where a typo can end a life, Dare must learn that the most dangerous thing about writing isn't the blank page-it's the period at the end of the sentence.
Dare Ellion used to worry about misplaced commas and dangling modifiers. As a meticulous copy editor, precision was his life. But when he discovers The Verityboard, a sleek obsidian typewriter that makes every sentence he strikes come true, precision becomes a curse. Through the phenomenon of Inkwarp, Dare's well-intentioned prose begins to unravel reality in the most literal ways possible. When he writes that a man "rose to fame, " he watches in horror as the man levitates into the stratosphere.
With his skeptical friend Felix Greave documenting every disastrous definition, Dare must stay one step ahead of Dr. Enid Volarre, a ruthless narrative engineer who wants the machine for herself. In a world where a typo can end a life, Dare must learn that the most dangerous thing about writing isn't the blank page-it's the period at the end of the sentence.