Glass Kanin

As a rising actor, Kanin's body is his career. His identity. His life. All that is taken from him when he dies and is reborn as a bottle of ink. Now living as the heart of a magical glass servant, Kanin's new purpose is to perform a senile wizard's yard work-a role this world's magic system seems intent on enforcing. All that might have been manageable if a murderous shadow monster wasn't hunting his very soul. But he's not in it alone. Teaming up with an elf whose soul has likewise been trapped in a toy octopus, they recruit help from a devilishly handsome rogue and set off on a journey to break the spell that's trapped them in this state. A wizard owns his body. The magic system has determined his fate. A shadow monster wants to control his mind. But as long as Kanin's soul remains his own, he'll fight to win back his autonomy-or die trying. Again. Glass Kanin's blend of whimsy, humor, and horror will appeal to Ghibli fans looking for queer characters on a quest for their agency while exploring what it means to be human. With over half a million views on Royal Road, this LitRPG and monster-evolution is now available in print, ebook, and audiobook across Amazon, KU, and Audible!

After renewing the spell that keeps his soul bound to a bottle of ink and out of the afterlife, Kanin is finally able to take a breather-without the breathing part. Noli is back in her original body, and Kanin is more than ready to join her. The only problem is he left his body with a broken neck back on Earth. Perfectly happy to swap death-defying adventuring for some peaceful research into his semi-living condition, Kanin joins Zyneth on a low-stakes quest to the capital's library. Instead of finding answers on how he can recover his body, however, he launches a heist to steal the library's most powerful artifact, with Zyneth's freedom at stake. Meanwhile, the predator appears to be creeping back into reality, threatening to overpower Kanin's mind for good. Luckily, the relic they need to steal might be the key to locking the predator away once more-except its prison can only be reached from the ancient Ruins of Emrox, long since sunk to the bottom of the ocean. The Glass Kanin saga continues with book two, Loose Kanin, as our fragile hero upgrades his glass body, dabbles in eldritch magic, and plunges beneath the waves in an aquatic misadventure.

After phenomenally screwing up his attempt to get back to Earth and retrieve his body, Kanin now has to face the facts: He's stuck on this world for good. Not to mention, stuck in a glass bottle. And stuck with a shadow monster tied to his soul. And stuck in a powerless submarine at the bottom of the ocean. Oh, and he's also responsible for a hundred new souls from Earth getting spawned into the world. On the bright side, he literally can't dig himself deeper from here. Teaming up with Zyneth, the two set off on a quest to find the lost souls and right Kanin's wrongs. Along the way, Kanin begins to upgrade his glass magic, build a degree of cooperation with the predator, and even develop the relationship he and Zyneth have been dancing around. But when Zyneth is summoned to complete a job for one of his shady employers, the crew is thrust into a conflict with the Heavens, with Kanin at the center of it. Join Kanin, Noli, and Zyneth on a swashbuckling and heartfelt adventure in Water Kanin, the third installment of the Glass Kanin series.