How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
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"Takes the old saying 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em,' to the next level. A sarcastic, action-packed, intrigue-filled (mis)adventure. One of the funniest books I've read in a long time."—Matt Dinniman, author of Dungeon Crawler Carl
Davi has done this all before. She’s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she’s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she’s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she’s been defeated every time.
This time? She’s done being the hero and done being stuck in this endless time loop. If the Dark Lord always wins, then maybe that’s who she needs to be. It’s Davi’s turn to play on the winning side.
A humorous western isekai featuring the reincarnation of an antihero female lead.
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Django Wexler. (2024). How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying. Orbit.
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- Groundhog Day meets Deadpool in Django Wexler’s raunchy, hilarious, blood-splattered fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.
"Takes the old saying 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em,' to the next level. A sarcastic, action-packed, intrigue-filled (mis)adventure. One of the funniest books I've read in a long time."—Matt Dinniman, author of Dungeon Crawler Carl
Davi has done this all before. She’s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she’s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she’s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she’s been defeated every time.
This time? She’s done being the hero and done being stuck in this endless time loop. If the Dark Lord always wins, then maybe that’s who she needs to be. It’s Davi’s turn to play on the winning side.A humorous western isekai featuring the reincarnation of an antihero female lead.
Burningblade & Silvereye
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Blood of the Chosen
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Starred review from March 1, 2024
Davi, a young woman from Earth, has a destiny on this fantasy world, and she keeps being resurrected to start over every time she fails to meet it. She's tired of being led down the primrose path of supposed good, so she decides, on her 278th resurrection, to choose evil. She'll be the Dark Lord Davi, and maybe, just this once, she'll win. Or at least not die in tortured dismemberment. All she has to do is figure out how to switch perspectives and become one of the villains, even if she has to die, repeatedly and frequently, until she finally figures things out--or at least thinks she has. Sometimes, it's good to be bad. Highly recommended for anyone who loved watching the "hero" die in Edge of Tomorrow, readers who enjoy Christopher Buehlman's, K.J. Parker's and T. Kingfisher's snarky, sarcastic, and ultimately pragmatic protagonists with hearts of gold, and especially readers looking for stories where the stock villains finally get a fair shake. VERDICT Wexler's (Emperor of Ruin) latest is a wild ride of fake it 'til you make it, full of high adventure and low chuckles every step of the way.--Marlene Harris
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By turning the themes of chosen-one fantasy on their head, this sardonic romp from Wexler (the Burningblade & Silvereye series) brings out the smiles. Davi, an exile from the human world, has been reborn 238 times over the 10 centuries she’s spent trapped in the fantasy land known as the Kingdom. She’s tired of trying and failing to stop the Dark Lord from conquering the land—so this time around, she switches teams. (“We have an expression back home concerning what course of action to take if you find yourself under no circumstances able to beat ’em. I intend to follow its advice.”) Using her past-lives’ knowledge, she convinces her former foes that she is destined to be the next Dark Lord. Events snowball, and soon Davi has her own horde of orcs, stone monsters, and shark-toothed dwarves marching off to the Convocation that anoints the next Dark Lord. (“I don’t know exactly how they pick the Dark Lord, but a major factor is personal charisma as measured in armed henchpersons.”) Wexler balances the snarky asides with the angst of Davi’s repeating existence and evolving awareness that her actions have consequences. Under the flippancy, a truly touching grimdark story lurks, complete with hilarious footnotes. Readers will be wowed. Agent: Seth Fishman, Gernert Co.
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In Wexler's newest novel (after Emperor of Ruin, 2023), readers are plunged into a riotous fantasy-adventure series starter featuring Davi, a protagonist whose sarcasm and wit make her instantly endearing. The story kicks off with Davi's encounter with Tsav and her band of orcs, setting the stage for a tale brimming with cunning manipulation and unexpected alliances. As Davi navigates her journey towards becoming the Dark Lord, she faces battles, betrayals, and the challenge of controlling her burgeoning horde. Wexler's narrative thrives on its humorous tone, punctuated with pop-culture references and a Deadpool-esque charm. The plot twists and turns, culminating in an exhilarating climax that will leave readers hungry for more. Perfect for fans of irreverent fantasy and wisecracking protagonists, How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying delivers laughs, excitement, and a fresh take on the classic hero's journey. Get ready to join Davi on her quest--it's a rollicking ride readers won't want to miss.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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A woman trapped in a time loop decides she's had enough of trying to win an unwinnable war in Wexler's fantasy comedy. Davi is stuck in a time loop. Though she's from our world, her loop starts when the wizard Tserigern wakes her from a magical pool and tells her she's been summoned to save the humans of the Kingdom from the wilders, magical creatures like orcs and other monsters. The wilders are led by the Dark Lord, and though the Dark Lord might be any number of figures, what matters is that the wilders destroy the humans over and over and over. Which means that Davi has died and woken back up in that pool so many times that she's been alive for thousands of years and knows the fantasy world inside and out. After dying yet again in the Dark Lord's dungeons, Davi decides she's had enough. Clearly the war against the wilders is unwinnable. Instead, Davi decides she'll change sides to become the Dark Lord herself, and maybe be on the winning side for a change. Though Davi doesn't remember much of her life on Earth, she does remember plenty of pop culture references, and her frenetic sense of humor is both wonderfully sharp and probably an accurate depiction of how someone's mind might crack a bit after reliving the same life hundreds of times. The fact that Davi's life doesn't reset until she has died adds dimension to the time-loop trope, making it more like a video game, where she might make it for a few years or a few hours depending on what she chooses to do. As Davi moves forward in the only version of her life that she hasn't yet tried, fighting with the wilders, she forms new kinds of bonds and finds exciting new mysteries about the fantasy world where she's spent multiple lifetimes. Tremendous fun.COPYRIGHT(2024) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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"Takes the old saying 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em,' to the next level. A sarcastic, action-packed, intrigue-filled (mis)adventure. One of the funniest books I've read in a long time."—Matt Dinniman, author of Dungeon Crawler Carl
Davi has done this all before. She’s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she’s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she’s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she’s been defeated every time.
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