He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects if any in any of the books are meant to be at all realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a book that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like you could easily fake it.  Keltham would bet money that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write her best fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in this way.  Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects if any in any of the books are meant to be at all realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a romanc that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like you could easily fake it.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write her best fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in this way.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects if any in any of the books are meant to be at all realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like you could easily fake it.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write her best fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in this way.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be at all realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like you could easily fake it.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write her best fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective, hardly even seem to ever think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them, in a way where it's terrifying to consider that maybe this is what the average Golarion person is actually like.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be at all realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like it would be lower-effort for the Conspiracy to write that way.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write good fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in exactly this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective; they hardly even seem to ever think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them.  It's terrifying to consider that maybe this isn't so much bad writing, as what the average Golarion person is actually like, Keltham doesn't know which it is, how could he.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like it would be lower-effort for the Conspiracy to write that way.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write good fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in exactly this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective; they hardly even seem to ever think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them.  It's terrifying to consider that maybe this isn't so much bad writing, as what the average Golarion person is actually like, Keltham doesn't know which it is, how could he.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like it would be lower-effort for the Conspiracy to write.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write good fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in exactly this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective; they hardly even seem to ever think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them.  It's terrifying to consider that maybe this isn't so much bad writing, as what the average Golarion person is actually like, Keltham doesn't know which it is, how could he.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like it would be lower-effort for the Conspiracy to write.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write good fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in exactly this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective; they hardly even seem to ever think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them.  It's terrifying to consider that maybe this isn't so much bad writing, as what the average Golarion person is actually like; Keltham doesn't know which it is, how could he.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like it would be lower-effort for the Conspiracy to write.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write good fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in exactly this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective; they hardly even seem to ever think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them.  It's terrifying to consider that maybe this isn't so much bad writing, as what the average Golarion person is actually like; Keltham doesn't know which possibility is true, how could he.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.

He rapidly skims a random selection of the purchased books.  It's much easier when Keltham can touch and control the pages himself.

...they're not obviously fake books.

The fiction, including the erotica, is written in a hugely over-verbose style and does not really make a lot of sense at all and Keltham is not sure which aspects are meant to be realistic or unrealistic.

It's taken for granted that a bunch of countries exist, including Absalom and Cheliax.  Magic-in-the-background works largely the way it's been represented to Keltham - which he did mostly think was the case, he's come into contact with wizard spells and cleric spells very directly.  There are beings called 'witches' and 'warlocks' who get powers in much vaguer ways and Keltham is not sure if these are supposed to be standard tropes or real things.  This paladin acts a lot stupider than that actual paladin that Keltham met, but this could be because the author is stupid and can't write a paladin any smarter than that.  This character is a seventh-circle wizard at age fourteen because he's the reincarnation of Nex, that probably doesn't happen but Keltham isn't sure.

In the erotica section, Keltham has no idea if any masochist or submissive has ever, ever thought this way in reality; but either masochists exist or they're enough of a standard fictional trope for a poverty-stricken world to have this many different pieces of fiction featuring them.

...can Keltham find any hints of masochism in the non-erotic fiction.

Wow.  Okay.  Keltham is in fact glad that Carissa Sevar is not like this.  But this character sure is in passing a masochist, yep, in a novel that is apparently somehow not pornography by the standards of that bookseller.

Different parts of the books, different aspects of them, feel real versus unreal.  The fiction is incredibly badly written, but not in a way that feels like it would be lower-effort for the Conspiracy to write.  Keltham would bet that Carissa Sevar would find it easier to write good fiction than for her to write fiction that is bad in exactly this way.  The characters are deeply unreflective; they hardly seem to think about their own thoughts at all, let alone correct them.  It's terrifying to consider that maybe this isn't so much bad writing, as what the average Golarion person is actually like; Keltham doesn't know which possibility is true, how could he.

Various magical facts appear in places where they're important to the plot and the Conspiracy couldn't have just edited that in afterwards.

Nothing in it... really gives the Conspiracy away.