The Marginlands

Corin Rook is a Keeper—an accredited orator trained to preserve histories, settle disputed accounts, and remember exactly what happened when everyone else starts remembering differently.

He is not a warrior, a sorcerer, or the hero of prophecy.

At least, he is fairly certain he is not.

While travelling to recite a burned town charter, Corin and his apprentice are attacked by a creature that appears somewhere it could not possibly be. With death only a heartbeat away, Corin does the only thing his rigid, logical mind can manage:

He tells reality that it is wrong.

Reality listens.

When Corin returns home, his longtime friend Gregor has vanished. In his place is Orpheus Vale—a well-dressed, highly offended squirrel who claims his family has owned the local provisions shop for four generations.

Everyone remembers Orpheus.

The records support Orpheus.

Even Corin’s own signature proves they have been friends for years.

Only Corin remembers Greg.

And every time Corin forces the world to obey his understanding of how things should be, reality corrects itself somewhere else. Roads acquire different histories. Dead people return with the wrong memories. Kingdoms change rulers overnight. The impossible becomes ordinary, while everything Corin once trusted slips into the margins.

An earthshattering event is coming, and prophecy insists a Keeper will save the world.

It never says which version of the world will survive.