{"product_id":"shovel-crossbow-repeat-9798231212071","title":"Shovel. Crossbow. Repeat","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Adams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mark Adams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mark Adams\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorman Reed (Not Reedus)\u003c\/strong\u003e is just a gravedigger. A simple man with a shovel, a crossbow, and absolutely no desire to deal with anyone else's problems-especially not the ones that crawl out of their graves without asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in a world where people don't stay dead for long-thanks to a corrupted, bureaucratically bloated respawn system-being a gravedigger is not just pointless... it's practically suspicious. Corpses return. Dungeons overflow. And somewhere deep beneath the earth, something monstrous is waking up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman doesn't care. Or at least, he \u003cem\u003etries\u003c\/em\u003e not to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is, until the system breaks in his own backyard. Suddenly, Norman finds himself the accidental recipient of an increasingly passive-aggressive quest, a talking progress bar, and a sidekick-a glitchy undead mess named Gary-7 who respawns wrong every time, and thinks Norman is his dad, his best friend, or possibly a sandwich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with a Ministry auditor breathing down his neck, an ancient proto-core whispering in his skull, and the fate of the respawn grid unraveling like cheap toilet paper, Norman must do what no one else is willing to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePut things in the ground, and make sure they stay there.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this isn't a hero's journey. Norman isn't chosen. He isn't brave. He isn't even particularly nice. He's just the last person left who remembers how to bury something properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd he's very, very tired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorman Reed (Not Reedus)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a darkly comic mashup of grim fantasy, broken magic-tech, and bureaucratic horror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImproperly filed undead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraveyard sarcasm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrupted dungeons with flesh walls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighly illegal use of a shovel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMild to moderate existential dread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Book One of the \u003cstrong\u003eNorman Reed (not Reedus)\u003c\/strong\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a gravedigger.\u003cbr\u003eIt ends with something... else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46382927544471,"sku":"9798231212071","price":2257.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798231212071.webp?v=1768777519","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/shovel-crossbow-repeat-9798231212071","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}