THE LUCKY ONE

Some people would kill for good luck. Julian lives off the raw despair it leaves behind. Inside his quiet Boston antique shop, Julian survives by absorbing the residual luck of desperate people who have abandoned their dreams. But every stolen victory demands a toll. For every stroke of perfect fortune by day, he must digest his clients' agonizing nightmares by night. He wants out. Everything changes when Chloe, a broken artist on the brink of ruin, walks into his shop. A freak accident with an ancient gold coin binds Julian's biology to a fragment of a global conspiracy. Enter the Fortuna Syndicate-an elite corporate entity that engineers market crashes and structural disasters for trillions in profit. Now, Julian's blood is a ticking time bomb. The environment around him is violently rewriting reality to eliminate him, turning Boston into a minefield of lethal coincidences. His only shield is Chloe, whose complete lack of luck acts as a functional buffer against the chaotic storm inside his veins. Together, they must infiltrate the highest floor of the Custom House Tower and execute an impossible, sixty-second reality heist before the Wall Street opening bell seals their deaths permanently.

Pages: 173, Paperback, Independently published