Currently reading: The crude, but clever In the Company of Ogres by new fave A. Lee Martinez. Paul and I both loved Gil's All Fright Diner and this looks like it's measuring up to be a successful follow up. Though I must admit the lack of evil cheerleaders is a little saddening. :)
Never Dead Ned is a bookkeeper in the evil Legion and a good one (he hasn't been eaten by the Griffin yet), so he's logically dismayed when he's handed his papers. His promotion papers. He's been tasked by a demonic accountant with turning around the least performing unit in this monsters army. He's not afraid he's going to get killed by the orcs, ogres, and goblins running around. He's certain of it. The problem is, he knows no matter how horribly his life ends he'll come back. He always comes back. It's embarassing, and frankly Rarely Dead Ned doesn't really have the same ring to it.
If you like Terry Pratchett, especially the Discworld books featuring the Watch give this one a try. Never Dead Ned is no Vimes, but he's another hard working, martial man in a wacky fantasy universe. Listen up Tech Services, comedic supernatural police procedural is the new hot genre.
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