Genie in the Red Sneakers

One bottle. Unlimited wishes. And a serious craving for pepperoni pizza.Eli Thorne was having a typical Tuesday. He was late for his structural engineering midterm, he was under-caffeinated, and his mom was threatening to turn his bedroom into a yoga studio. Then, a wizard from the year 525 AD kidnapped him, turned him into a magical battery, and stuffed him into a glass bottle for fifteen centuries.When Clara Vance, an underpaid museum archivist, discovers a glowing green bottle in a box of "e;junk"e; artifacts, she expects dust. Instead, she gets Eli—a 22-year-old genie in pristine red sneakers who is desperate for Wi-Fi and terrified of the dark.The rules are simple: Clara has unlimited wishes. No tricks, no monkey's paw twists. But there's a catch. Eli isn't just magical; he's a walking paradox. The universe is trying to snap him back to the past, and his "e;battery"e; is running out.To save him from fading into nothingness, Clara and Eli must travel back to the Dark Ages to break the curse at its source. Armed with a Swiss Army knife, a solar charger, and a very confused cat named Barnaby, they must outwit a power-hungry wizard and survive a world without plumbing.History is messy. Magic is unstable. But falling in love might be the most dangerous wish of all.