The day Ted's father vanished was the worst day of his life. Fourteen years later, a cloud of darkness abducts Ted from Earth and forces a quest upon him: Save your father, save the world. Problem One: His father's the Divine Emperor, a faraway tyrant who won't lift a finger to save the provinces from annihilation. Problem Two: Infinitely respawning dungeon mobs are invading the surface. Problem Three: This world has levels, and Ted's level is zero. Great. Stranded in a jungle of thousand-foot-high trees hellbent on breaking him, Ted defies every warning and embraces the most dangerous profession on offer – Spellcrafting. While others cower from the treacherous intricacies of the system, Ted's freshly ruined CompSci degree sets him up to master it. But this isn't C++: mistakes don't break the system, they break you. Death comes easily here, and each resurrection demands a darker price. To survive, let alone thrive, Ted needs allies. Allies like Cara, a wood elven ranger who can bullseye a wolf in the dark from two hundred yards, yet never seems able to find her hairbrush. For her, this level zero greenhorn from another world is a ticket to adventure. That, and the wood elves' lone hope of stopping the dungeon spawn devouring their Forest. To fix this broken world and get home, Ted must confront his father, and learn the truth of his new reality. What to Expect: - Fantasy with a dash of sci-fi - Moral dilemmas and hard, brutal choices - Tactical combat and system mastery over numbers going up - A unique and flexible Spellcrafting system based on combining aspects - Two flawed protagonists overcoming their struggles to fight for what they believe in - Dual POV, focused on Ted's zero-to-Hero journey with dashes of Cara perspective - Multiple plot threads and mysteries building to a definite conclusion Update Schedule: Saturday Spellcoder, aka Volume 1, is also available on Kindle: Spellcoder - Stolen by the System (Book 1) (Note: This story is ONLY on Royal Road and Amazon. If you see it anywhere else, it is a stolen, unauthorized version.)