The Skin Map
A London man is pulled into a ley-line quest across time and worlds after meeting his supposedly dead great-grandfather.
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Plot structure labels used: road story, quest narrative, origin story, first arc, serial structure, cliffhanger ending, episode-by-episode buildup, underexplained world, gradual reveals, mid-series setup
Focused on “series opener” where exact label matches exist.
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