FantasyYoung Adult
Karabos (Volume 1) (The Timebound Duology)
2026·368 pages
A bug-obsessed teen joins a magical scarab tournament and is cursed to time-slip with a rival mapmaker while hunting buried secrets.
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A bug-obsessed teen joins a magical scarab tournament and is cursed to time-slip with a rival mapmaker while hunting buried secrets.
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Enter a dangerous game of magic beetles, buried secrets, and shifting time. Winslet Nubek knows bugs better than she knows people. She’s determined to earn her place among the ancient and dangerous ranks of magical insect hunters. With her father’s failing mines pushing them toward bankruptcy, winning the Tournament of Scarabs becomes her only shot at securing her dream and saving her family from ruin. But when she touches a forbidden time scarab before the competition begins, she’s left with a ...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild YA attraction and partnership tension between leads; clean tone
Violence & gore
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Perilous tournament trials, danger, and conflict without graphic gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Light faith-adjacent framing typical of clean Christian speculative fiction
Magic & witchcraft
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Central fantasy magic: scarab beetles, time-slipping curse, insect hunters
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content; magic is fantasy-genre only
Political content
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Background intrigue over companies, inheritance, and buried conspiracy
Self-harm / suicide
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