The Scythe and the Shovel (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Mark Adams, 2025
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Paperback. The world does not end with fire and prophecy.It ends with paperwork, bad decisions, and the lights going out one district at a time.Greybarrow is the kind of town the Ministry forgets until something goes wrong. It has leaning roofs, damp stone, stubborn people-and a graveyard held together by chalk, wards, and one exhausted man who refuses to let things stay broken.Norman Reed is not a hero. He is a gravekeeper.The loss of Thalya Vensar-brilliant, infuriating, and stubborn enough to change the world-has left a hole in Norman's life and a dangerous silence in the systems she once held together. As Celestial lights burn on the horizon and the Ministry issues Recall Orders with no instructions attached, Greybarrow becomes a frontline town whether it wants to be or not.Maintenance, not miracles. Competence over glory. Survive today so tomorrow can exist.The Scythe and the Shovel is a darkly humorous, emotionally grounded fantasy about grief, responsibility, and what it really means to hold the line when the world starts slipping. It's about choosing to fix what's in front of you instead of becoming something frightening in the name of saving everything.Because sometimes the bravest act isn't fighting gods.It's picking up your shovel again tomorrow. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Scythe and the Shovel (Paperback)
- Author
- Mark Adams
- Publisher
- Mark Adams
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798232104580
The world does not end with fire and prophecy.
It ends with paperwork, bad decisions, and the lights going out one district at a time.
Greybarrow is the kind of town the Ministry forgets until something goes wrong. It has leaning roofs, damp stone, stubborn people-and a graveyard held together by chalk, wards, and one exhausted man who refuses to let things stay broken.
Norman Reed is not a hero. He is a gravekeeper.
The loss of Thalya Vensar-brilliant, infuriating, and stubborn enough to change the world-has left a hole in Norman's life and a dangerous silence in the systems she once held together. As Celestial lights burn on the horizon and the Ministry issues Recall Orders with no instructions attached, Greybarrow becomes a frontline town whether it wants to be or not.
Maintenance, not miracles. Competence over glory. Survive today so tomorrow can exist.
The Scythe and the Shovel is a darkly humorous, emotionally grounded fantasy about grief, responsibility, and what it really means to hold the line when the world starts slipping. It's about choosing to fix what's in front of you instead of becoming something frightening in the name of saving everything.
Because sometimes the bravest act isn't fighting gods.
It's picking up your shovel again tomorrow.
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About the Author
Mark Adams is 43 (so he says) writes fiction that's dark, funny, and occasionally smells like grave dirt. Specialising in fantasy and humour, he crafts stories full of sentient paperwork, malfunctioning resurrection systems, and the kind of dungeons that would give OSHA an aneurysm.
He's currently working on Norman Reed (Not Reedus)-a gloriously grim and graphic series following a grumpy gravedigger, his undead sidekick, and the broken respawn system that ruined everything (again).
When not knee-deep in plot holes and sarcastic footnotes, Mark can be found arguing with goblins, sharpening metaphors, or misplacing important plot devices in cursed filing cabinets. He believes a thesaurus is a weapon, not a tool, and has no intention of writing anything "normal."
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