Stories Are the Only Thing Worth Dying For. Tommy Taylor's the main character in a series of fantasy novels starring a magical boy wizard that have grown to become a cultural phenomenon. And the popularity has turned the inspiration for the literary hero, the real Tom Taylor, into the lamest Z-level celebrity. But when evidence comes out to calls doubt to Tom's entire existence, Tom will be drawn into a strange literary underworld where the power of storytelling is as strong as any spell.