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Misadventurous #2
Misadventurous Episode Two: The Dark Lord Convention
Adventuring looks so easy on paper, but in the real world, well…
MISADVENTUROUS is a series of fantasy-comedy novellas where adventuring is big business and Dark Lords are apparently thick on the ground.
Fresh off the complete failure of their first collective mission, our group of stalwart adventurers have some time to kill before they can expect a new assignment. So they set out on their own, desperate to find any way back into the good graces of the Super Adventurers Club and Big Adventure in general.
The Dark Lord, fresh off his latest embarrassment, now has to face the society of Dark Lords at their annual convention. The Dark Lord knows he’ll be the butt of their jokes, but in the process, he hatches a scheme to make them all pay dearly for how he’s been treated. Now, only if he can get his minion’s union rep to cooperate.
When both these worlds collide in the aptly named town of Poor Choice, abject failure is the only possible result.
MISADVENTUROUS is a series of fantasy-comedy novellas where adventuring is big business and Dark Lords are apparently thick on the ground.
Fresh off the complete failure of their first collective mission, our group of stalwart adventurers have some time to kill before they can expect a new assignment. So they set out on their own, desperate to find any way back into the good graces of the Super Adventurers Club and Big Adventure in general.
The Dark Lord, fresh off his latest embarrassment, now has to face the society of Dark Lords at their annual convention. The Dark Lord knows he’ll be the butt of their jokes, but in the process, he hatches a scheme to make them all pay dearly for how he’s been treated. Now, only if he can get his minion’s union rep to cooperate.
When both these worlds collide in the aptly named town of Poor Choice, abject failure is the only possible result.
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 30, 2021
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About the author
Shawn Drew
11 books2 followersAfter years of being accused of living in a fantasy world by a litany of parents, teachers, exes, currents, pets, clergy, councilors, counselors, crossing guards, taxi drivers, other drivers, and even an ambassador, Shawn finally got the message and decided to write in one as well. Misadventurous, the culmination of that effort, is a series of comedy novellas set in a fantasy world where dragons are real, heroic adventuring is Big Business, and things always seem just a bit on the zany side of realistic.
The story draws upon hours and hours of a youth (and adulthood) spent devouring fantasy media of all kinds, enough to know what tropes to embrace and what tropes were ripe for parody. Something about fantasy literature resonated with him, something about the story of the nobody who goes on to do great things. But he best not read too much into either end of that.
While the fantasy literature of old had plenty of adventure and excitement, it also often took itself a little too seriously sometimes, to ridiculous effect. So why not lean into it? Who says a king can’t deliver mail via trebuchet after a disagreement with the postal guild? Who says a lonely giant slug can’t collect love trophies on a secluded island? And who says the job of killing monsters and raiding dungeons can’t be conglomerated and optimized? Well, no one. Until now, possibly!
Look for new episodes of Misadventurous every month or so, or as Shawn’s addled mind is able to settle down and write them. More details about the world are available at https://www.misadventurousbook.com/
The story draws upon hours and hours of a youth (and adulthood) spent devouring fantasy media of all kinds, enough to know what tropes to embrace and what tropes were ripe for parody. Something about fantasy literature resonated with him, something about the story of the nobody who goes on to do great things. But he best not read too much into either end of that.
While the fantasy literature of old had plenty of adventure and excitement, it also often took itself a little too seriously sometimes, to ridiculous effect. So why not lean into it? Who says a king can’t deliver mail via trebuchet after a disagreement with the postal guild? Who says a lonely giant slug can’t collect love trophies on a secluded island? And who says the job of killing monsters and raiding dungeons can’t be conglomerated and optimized? Well, no one. Until now, possibly!
Look for new episodes of Misadventurous every month or so, or as Shawn’s addled mind is able to settle down and write them. More details about the world are available at https://www.misadventurousbook.com/
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