Charlie Mutton

Every 2,138 years, the cosmic lattice that shackles humankind weakens just long enough for a single “Eventborn” to manifest—an heir to the full, legendary template of human potential. Twelve-year-old Charlie Mutton, quiet and unassuming in modern-day England, is that child. The moment he inadvertently stops time at his family’s dinner table, he attracts the attention of Commander Tzeker, a ruthless officer of the reptilian empire that has covertly ruled Earth for ten millennia. Charlie descends from two ancient royal bloodlines that once safeguarded humanity’s true powers. His great-grandfather, a code-breaking soldier in World War II’s hidden “Shadow War,” mapped this recurring anomaly and left a network of allies, sigils, and prophecy for Charlie’s generation. Guided by his parents—Leyla Firdaus, last scion of the Sun-King dynasties, and Richard Mutton, guardian of the Highland archives—and by his iron-willed grandfather Angus, Charlie must master telepathy, super-strength, flight, and the teleportation chant *“Solum irus vacan nor Slirak tum.”* Hunted across ley-line sanctuaries, stone circles, and forgotten crystal chambers, Charlie’s family races to protect the *Sigilfast*—an encoded map in Charlie’s blood that can sever the reptilian energy lattice and awaken humanity en masse. Each step reveals allies in unlikely places—other children misdiagnosed as ill, rebel monks who remember the old runes, and sky-faring oracles who traded their wings for secrecy. But Tzeker’s obsidian dreadnought hovers in low orbit, intent on capturing the boy before the alignment completes. As solar storms intensify, Charlie must decide whether to hide until the next cycle or risk everything in one audacious strike that could free Earth—or condemn it to another age of reptilian dominion. *Charlie Mutton: Gifted* blends high-adventure, hidden-history conspiracy, and coming-of-age heart, following a young hero who learns that the greatest power is not flight or strength but the courage to remind humanity what it was meant to be.