The Dung Chronicles #950750

Milo learned early that kindness doesn't make noise.
It doesn't push. It doesn't demand attention. It simply shows up — holding doors, lifting burdens, stopping when no one else does. And because it is quiet, the world mistakes it for weakness.
Everything changes the day Milo stops for something small.
In the middle of a storm, he saves a beetle from being swept into a drain. The beetle speaks. It calls itself Khepri. And it offers Milo something impossible: the strength to move what should not move — but only for twenty-two minutes each day.
At first, the power feels like a miracle. Milo can prevent disasters, protect strangers, and finally push back against a world that has always pushed past him. But strength has rules. It must be used with care, with restraint, with balance.
Because power doesn't just change what Milo can do.
It changes who the city believes he is.
As rumors spread and eyes begin to watch for a mysterious "hero," Milo discovers that saving people is only the beginning. Attention has a cost. Expectations have weight. And somewhere beyond the sirens and headlines, forces are already preparing to decide how someone like Milo should be handled.
The Dung Chronicles: The Weight We Borrow is a gripping middle-grade fantasy about quiet courage, empathy, and the fragile line between strength and control.
And Milo's story is far from over.