Inheriting the Novel Novel

Clay Vanhart is the son of a once-noble family that has fallen into disgrace and ruin. Despite facing scorn from society, he has devoted himself to preserving his household's legacy. Upon reading his father's will, Clay discovers an astonishing truth: he is simultaneously the author of a novel and a character existing within its pages. This revelation triggers a dramatic shift in his circumstances and abilities. Clay is granted a new role as a Stand-in Author, allowing him to operate within the story itself with unprecedented power. With this authority, he begins to break the established rules that govern the world of the novel. What unfolds is nothing less than the birth of a myth that will reshape the entire world as it was previously known, challenging the very foundations of the story's reality.