The Crooked Saint of Oakhaven

Tibor Czernin was a hack, churning out a generic web novel, 'The Sunstone Paladin,' for pennies. Now, he's woken up inside it as the hero's arrogant rival, Silvan Varady. Armed with complete meta-knowledge, his plan is simple: manipulate events from the shadows, steal the overpowered artifacts, win the girl, and live the life of luxury he always wrote about but could never afford. But the world of Veszprém isn't the shallow story he created. An eerie fog clings to the edges of the plot, and the characters feel disturbingly real. Worse, the heroines - the stoic swordswoman, the brilliant mage, and the devoted priestess - all remember the original, poorly-written script. They remember the flimsy motivations and tropey tragedies he penned for them, and they despise him for it. As Tibor tries to outmaneuver a hero he designed to always win, he's haunted by a horrifying realization: every shortcut he took, every plot hole he left, has become a literal wound in the world, a 'Narrative Scar' that bleeds monsters into reality. Can he fix the broken world he wrote before it consumes him whole?