Random Man

A dark fantasy novel about free will, betrayal, and what it costs to choose your own path.

Todd Ransom turned his housekeeper into a Chihuahua. That was the good part of his week.

A chemical engineer whose emotional states bend probability. When a secret agency decides his chaos field is a threat and an ancient adversary decides it's the key to breaking humanity's will, Todd becomes something neither side planned for: not a weapon, not a casualty, but a variable nobody's model includes.

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About the Novel

DARK FANTASY • 164,000 WORDS • FIRST IN A PLANNED SERIES

RANDOM MAN is the debut novel by Dan Garson — a dark fantasy complete at 164,000 words. Todd Ransom is a chemical engineer whose emotional states bend probability. When a secret agency decides his chaos field is a threat and an ancient adversary decides it's the key to breaking humanity's will, Todd becomes something neither side planned for: not a weapon, not a casualty, but a variable nobody's model includes.

A novel about free will: what it actually costs, and what it means to choose your own path when every coercive force in the universe believes the path belongs to them. It's funny until it isn't. Then it's honest instead.

FOR READERS OF

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett • John Dies at the End by David Wong • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Featured Quotes

Quote: Todd Ransom turned his housekeeper into a Chihuahua
Quote: The best stories aren't about powers
Quote: It's funny until it isn't