Jake's Magical Market Jake's Magical Market, Book 1, Book 1, (Hardcover)

<b>Stacked with magic cards, meddling gods, and monsters run amok! Join the madcap fun in the slice-of-life LitRPG fantasy cult favorite, <i>Jake's Magical Market, Book 1</i>!</b><b> </b> <p><b>Meddling gods. A magical card system. An apocalypse no one could have predicted.</b> </p><p> Jake is working at the neighborhood market under his apartment when the world ends. He expected nuclear war, a computer virus, or even climate change burning everyone to a crisp to bring about the downfall of civilization. But cruel and arbitrary gods from another world? Who would have guessed that? </p><p> When these cruel gods shuffled Earth like a deck of cards, nothing was in the same place anymore. Monsters, dungeons, and magical items appear scattered across the globe. And suddenly, everyone has access to a new, strange magical card system that gives them magical powers. </p><p> Jake, wasting his day slacking off in the cooler, as he usually did, found himself alone in a completely new and very dangerous world. Can he learn to survive? Can he collect enough cards and create a good enough deck to fight back against the monsters that have overtaken his former home? And why are these strange people that look a lot like elves knocking on the door of the market he is hiding in and asking to buy some of his goods? </p><p> The gods may have stacked the deck against him, but Jake just might have a few cards up his sleeve that will help him survive. </p><p> <b><i>Jake's Magical Market</i></b> is a must-read for fans of gamelit novels, wild adventures, and stories about regular people accomplishing wonderful things. </p><p> For fans of: <i>Beware of Chicken, Defiance of the Fall, The Wandering Inn, Legends &amp; Lattes, Bookshops &amp; Bonedust, Brigands &amp; Breadknives, Cat Core.</i> </p><p><b>PRAISE FOR <i>JAKE'S MAGICAL MARKET</i></b> </p><p>"Immensely charming, quirky, and above all else, fun. The trilogy cost me way too much sleep staying up late reading them, thanks a lot, J.R." - John Bierce (<i>Mage Errant</i>)</p>

• Jake's Magical Market Jake's Magical Market, Book 1, Book 1, (Hardcover)
• Author: J R Mathews
• ISBN: 9781638493464
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-06-30
• Page Count: 575