Ben S. Dobson

Ben S. Dobson writes fantasy that treats magic as a system whose rules can be examined, challenged, and outwitted. The Flaw in All Magic opens his Magebreakers series and introduces Tane Carver, a human investigator who understands magical technology despite being unable to cast spells. Dobson describes the novel as a fantasy mystery thriller in a world powered by magic and shaped by several peoples, including elves, gnomes, and orcs. The impossible crime at its center brings Tane back to the university that expelled him and pairs him with the half-orc constable Kadka. That partnership establishes the investigative pattern carried through the later Magebreakers books. Its 2017 release blends fantasy and mystery. The Flaw in All Magic therefore reflects his characteristic combination of procedural reasoning, comic friction between partners, and world-building focused on the practical consequences of spellcraft. His series continues beyond this opening investigation.