How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

By Django Wexler,

Book cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

Book description

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,…


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Why read it?

1 author picked How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

In a clever if sometimes scathing take on portal fantasies and video games, the heroine has been fighting against an evil horde. She keeps dying and being sent back to try over. Finally she decides to fight on the other side instead.