DadQuest
DadQuest: That Time I Pushed My Nerdy Son Out of the Way of a Truck and Got Trapped in a Magical Fantasy World Where Everyone is Short and Has Weird Colored Hair, Also They Want me to Tame a Dragon is Simon Miller’s debut novel. It can be purchased at Amazon as both an eBook and a paperback. Available for free if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription!
Introduction
DadQuest is a cozy adventure based on a playful jab at the isekai genre. There are all sorts of fantasy worlds out there waiting for petulant youths or headstrong heroes to arrive and save the day—but Dave isn’t that. The story explores the idea of community growth, and how a non-standard protagonist can still be a hero, even if he isn’t really cut out to go adventuring. Dave isn’t the hero that Woodside wanted, but he might just be exactly what they need.
This novel, like most of my novels, began as a NaNoWriMo project. Work began in November of 2020, and concluded in October of 2023. After working on a number of larger projects in the previous years, I wanted to write something relatively light, fun, and quick to read. I think that DadQuest accomplished those goals, and should be an easy and entertaining novel for fans of the fantasy or adventure genres.
Back Cover
Dave is not a hero. He’s a middle-aged mechanic with a bad back. But when he pushes his son out of the way of a truck, he ends up in a crater in a magical forest, and is quickly found by a diminutive wizard who thinks he’s there to tame a dragon.
Everyone seems to expect great things from Dave, but he’s more realistic. He can’t go around riding dragons and slaying monsters—that’s a young person’s job. But that won’t stop the townsfolk from asking him to solve all their problems. And when people are in danger, will he really be able to just sit by?
Monsters roam in the forest, and great blasts of flame are coming more frequently from the castle on the hill. Will Dave be able to rise to the challenge? Whatever happens, he’ll be using all of his dad skills and telling some terrible jokes along the way.
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