Orconomics

Description

PROFESSIONAL HEROES KILL AND LOOT deadly monsters every day, but Gorm Ingerson’s latest quest will be anything but business as usual. The adventuring industry drives the economy of Arth, a world much like our own but with more magic and fewer vowels. Monsters’ hoards are claimed, bought by corporate interests, and sold off to plunder funds long before the Heroes’ Guild actually kills the beasts. Of course, that’s a terrible arrangement for the Shadowkin; orcs, goblins, kobolds, and their ilk must apply for to become Noncombatant Paper Carriers (or NPCs) to avoid being killed and looted by heroes. When Gorm Ingerson, a Dwarven ex-hero with a checkered past, stands up for an undocumented goblin, he inadvertently singles himself out for recruitment by a prophet of the mad goddess to undertake a suicidal quest. But there’s more to Gorm’s new job than an insane prophecy: powerful corporations and governments have shown an unusual interest in the quest. If his party of eccentric misfits can stop fighting each other long enough to recover the Elven Marbles, Gorm might be able to turn a bad deal into a golden opportunity.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: J. Zachary Pike
Published: 07/09/2024
Publisher: Riyria Enterprises LLC
ISBN: 9781943363667
Pages: 357
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 0.80″ H x 8.90″ L x 6.00″ W

About the Author
Pike, J. Zachary: – J. ZACHARY PIKE was once a basement-dwelling fantasy gamer, but over time he metamorphosed into a basement-dwelling fantasy writer. His debut novel, Orconomics: A Satire, won the 4th Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off and a National Indie Excellence Award for Humor. He has written and directed several award-winning shorts, including Zelig Award winner The Toll and Endurance Challenge: Mordred’s Isle starring Billy West. A New Englander by birth and by temperament, Zack writes strangely funny fiction on the seacoast of New Hampshire