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When the Gods Give You Lemons, Fight and Dethrone the Gods

Your next LitRPG fantasy series obsession perfect for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl and Cradle from the author of Arcane Ascension
By Andrew Rowe
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An endlessly inventive and entertaining love letter to all of us underdogs who spent countless hours with a game controller in hand, daydreaming about how we would save the realmMATT DINNIMANNew York Times-bestselling author of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series YUI LEVELLED UP. THE WORLD IS... Read More
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A love letter to The Legend of Zelda meets the fantasy quests of Brandon Sanderson in this unmissable sequel to LitRPG (Literary Role-Playing Game) sensation How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps from game designer Andrew Rowe - unmissable for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl.

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An endlessly inventive and entertaining love letter to all of us underdogs who spent countless hours with a game controller in hand, daydreaming about how we would save the realm
MATT DINNIMAN
New York Times-bestselling author of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series

YUI LEVELLED UP. THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO CRASH. LITERALLY.

Yui has levelled up and become the Hero the world needed, but there's always another boss to battle . . .

On the wedding day of Dirk Lord (otherwise known as the Demon King) and Princess Fitzgerald, the world all but comes to an end as the very solution that ended the 44th Demon War is what will now destroy it in three days, unless Yui and her companions embark on another epic quest to retrieve the artifact that will stop the moon from crashing into the world.

But as the quest across worlds for the mysterious artifact turns into something else entirely, maybe the grind is no longer the solution, and it's time to fight in hardcore mode.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Arcane Ascension series comes an unmissable LitRPG adventure perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree and all your favourite progression fantasy from Dungeon Crawler Carl and Cradle to The Wandering Inn and He Who Fights With Monsters.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399636919

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Andrew Rowe was once a professional game designer for awesome companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Cryptic Studios, and Obsidian Entertainment. Nowadays, he's a New York Times bestselling author and writing full time. When he's not crunching numbers for game balance, he runs live-action role-playing games set in the same universe as his books. In addition, he writes for pen and paper role-playing games. Aside from game design and writing, Andrew watches a lot of anime, reads a metric ton of fantasy books, and plays every role-playing game he can get his hands on.

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