Lost on a Page

"This is one of the most clever, entertaining, and hilarious books I've ever read." -Joe Siple, bestselling author of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBrideSome genres were never meant to cross.Joe Slade is a detective with a hot lead and a warm gun. He no longer believes in happy-ever-afters, but his faith in plot twists is devout. Good thing.He is about to discover the biggest twist of all.Joe Slade is not real.He is a character in a series of mystery novels. And when he discovers all his pain has been in the name of book sales, there will be hell to pay. Vowing revenge on his author, he will set off for the World Where the Books Are Written. The road will take him through genres foreign and treacherous: High Fantasy, Bodice-Ripping Romance, Intergalactic Sci-Fi, and others even more awful and terrifying.But what if this new life is about more than just living? And will Joe still come out on top when all the rules have changed?

"This is one of the most clever, entertaining, and hilarious series I've ever read." -Joe Siple, bestselling author of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBrideSome genres still don't play well together.Joe Slade is a detective with a hot lead and an existential crisis. Still seeking to escape his fictional existence, he and his mentor Ellodrine, a wizard who suffers from reinterpretation, hunt for the artifacts that will open a way to the World Where The Books Are Written. The trail has taken them to the rugged frontier of the Old West. There, they will discover twisted plots and dangerous foes who will launch them into a blurring journey through the genres: High Fantasy, Hardboiled Mystery, Gritty Steampunk, Gothic Vampire Horror, and other terrors too fearsome to fathom.But can Joe and Ellodrine discover true selves in the midst of their fictional natures? And can they still triumph when The Antagonist turns their stories against them?

"This is one of the most clever, entertaining, and hilarious series I've ever read." -Joe Siple, bestselling author of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBrideIt's an all-out genre war in this third installment of the Lost on a Page series.Joe Slade is a detective with a hot lead and no idea where he is. Fallen from the world of fiction, Joe journeys through a hellscape of conflicting happy endings. There, he must confront the story-and the life-he left behind. His last chance to escape his fictional existence is to navigate an impossible labyrinth of genre tropes and reunite with his mentor Ellodrine, a wizard who suffers from reinterpretation. Their quest will take them through genres dark and deadly: Treacherous Spy Fiction, Gothic Horror, Gritty Cyberpunk, Urban Fantasy, and others too terrible to tell.But can Joe and Ellodrine change their story when the plot betrays them? And how can Joe choose between an old love and a new life?