The Franchise

· Macmillan Audio · Narrated by John Pirhalla
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A Most Anticipated Title from Men'sHealth, FanFiAddict, The Nerd Daily, and Transfer Orbit!

Game of Thrones
meets The Truman Show in this epic tale of a Hollywood-owned fantasy world where nothing is quite as it seems to the people who live and die at the studio’s whim.


A land filled with magic and dragons and wizards and warriors.
Thousands of people live and work within its borders, fearful of their enemies and loyal to their king.

The classic fantasy world of The Malicarn has been brought to life on the big screen in a series of phenomenally successful blockbuster movies, almost entirely populated by characters in total belief that their sham fantasy lives are real.

A fan-favorite actor finds himself doubting the studio's work, but this franchise has an almost unstoppable momentum, and bringing freedom to a population that already believes itself to be free won’t be as easy as he thinks.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books

A Most Anticipated Title from Men'sHealth, FanFiAddict, The Nerd Daily, and Transfer Orbit! Game of Thrones meets The Truman Show in this epic tale of a Hollywood-owned fantasy world where nothing is quite as it seems to the people who live and die at the studio’s whim. A land filled with magic...

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1 review
Justin Hall
11 June 2026
Wonderful! West World meets Wheel of Time... that's it, that's the review.
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Thomas Elrod lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in the LA Review of Books, Independent Weekly, and elsewhere. The Franchise is his first novel.
Thomas Elrod lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in the LA Review of Books, Independent Weekly, and elsewhere. The Franchise is his first novel.

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