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The Temple of Gloom: The Chronicles of Brody
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 11 2026
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.18 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Soul Scope does not err.
For nine hundred years, the sacred telescope of Thessaly-Under-Heaven has searched the heavens for worthy souls. Then a pigeon landed on it, a cleaning brush slipped, a monk sneezed - and the holiest instrument in the kingdom slowly tipped over for three days while a hundred and forty people watched and wrote poetry.
Now it's pointing at a taco bar in Allentown, Pennsylvania. On a Tuesday. At 3:38 p.m.
Enter Brody: twelve years old, aggressively ordinary, summoned mid-order while disputing a receipt. The kingdom says he's the Chosen One, foretold by fourteen holy signs. Brody says the signs were a cat, some soup, and two pigeons, and he can prove it. He has a notebook. He has exhibits. He has labeled them, because he was raised right.
The kingdom has never met anyone like him. Every fact he uncovers becomes a miracle. Every complaint becomes a prophecy. His heartburn is now a hymn.
Armed with nothing but a pencil, a receipt, and the most dangerous power in any kingdom - actually paying attention - the wrong kid takes on nine centuries of unquestioned destiny. And somewhere, back home, someone is keeping his seat at the counter.
Laugh-out-loud fantasy for ages 8 to 108. Younger auditors welcome with supervision. Older ones should have known better.. No chosen ones were harmed in the making of this series. One was mildly inconvenienced.
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