Introduction: Ashton Madly鈥檚 life is a loop: drive, drop off, repeat. The Chicago rideshare driver has spent years stuck in neutral, drowning in routine as he works to pay off his mother鈥檚 medical bills. Adventure? That鈥檚 for other people. Until one night, when a passenger shatters his predictable world.Dynamos Lathe isn鈥檛 just another fare鈥攈e鈥檚 a banished king from the magical realm of Arboris, fighting to reclaim his throne before his world is consumed by darkness. When Ashton agrees to do the king a simple favor, he unwittingly steps into a quest that will rewrite everything he knows. Hidden throughout Chicago are three enchanted letters, each containing a fragment of the spell that can send Dynamos home. But Chicago isn鈥檛 the city Ashton thought it was. Magic hums beneath the pavement, old powers stir in the shadows, and some doors, once opened, can never be closed.And every fable has a wolf.Hot on their trail is Damas, a relentless assassin with a single mission鈥攃apture the king and eliminate anyone in her way. As Ashton unearths the secrets of Dynamos鈥檚 past and the war threatening to consume both their worlds, he starts to wonder if he鈥檚 been a passenger in his own life for too long. But standing still isn鈥檛 an option anymore. If he fails, it鈥檚 not just the end of a story鈥攊t鈥檚 the end of everything....