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# The Shade Series — Phelan Varrant
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A fantasy novel series following Phelan Varrant, a broke, socially reluctant magical problem-solver with an ability no one else has: he can see exactly where magic breaks.
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## Series Overview
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- **Genre:** Fantasy / Adventure / Humor
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- **Voice:** First-person past tense, dry wit, ADD-driven tangents
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- **Comparable Titles:** The Dresden Files, Discworld, The Magicians
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- **Publishing Target:** Amazon KDP (Kindle Unlimited)
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## Book 1: The Unbreakable Curse
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Phelan works in an herbal supply shop, counts coppers, and dreams about the house he can't afford to build. When a client arrives through the Guild of Necessary Services with a dying family member cursed by a working that every authority says is impossible to break, Phelan takes the case because the fee is significant and the problem is interesting. In that order.
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## Project Structure
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CLAUDE.md # Master writing instructions
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chapters/book1/ # Chapter drafts
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world/ # World bible (magic system, locations)
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characters/ # Character files
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outline/ # Series and book outlines
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notes/ # Cut content, research, ideas
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docs/plans/ # Design documents
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```
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## Writing with Claude Code
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This project uses Claude Code as the primary writing assistant. All instructions for voice, world-building, continuity, and formatting are in `CLAUDE.md`. Book-specific instructions are in each book's chapter directory.
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## License
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All rights reserved. This is an unpublished creative work.
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