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Dead Tired
Dead Tired · Book 1 · 2023
Audiobook available · 9 hr 43 min
Harold wakes from a very long sleep to find that cultivation sects and martial artists have taken over the world he knew. He is an immensely powerful lich, and he would rather get back to resting than accommodate their ambitions.
From the author’s blurb
“Honestly, I just want to go back to sleep”Read the full description at RavensDagger, author description
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What makes it funny?
In the opening prologue, Harold presents raiding other people’s hidden libraries as a reasonable arrangement. He believes in sharing knowledge, provided most of it ends up with him.
The comedy at work
Harold narrates his extraordinary achievements with enormous self-regard, then lets a petty complaint puncture the grandeur. Puns and dad jokes recur alongside the collision between his old magic and the new world’s cultivation rules.
Try this if…
Readers who enjoy overpowered fantasy characters and irreverent takes on martial-arts cultivation have a particularly self-satisfied guide here. A taste for deliberately groan-worthy wordplay helps.
Good to know
Harold’s scholarly manners accompany real cruelty. The prologue treats burned nations and lethal experiments on heroes as steps in his research.
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Sources & further reading
- Author’s opening prologue
Reading sample
- Published edition
Book information
- Author’s story page
Author commentary
- Unabridged audiobook
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- Book and series details
Book information
- Archived reader discussion
Reader discussion
- Independent series review
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