by benstolemyname
Nimrod Krikorian is a janitor at a hospital. He's spent the night polishing floors, and he's tired. He wants to go home to his single-wide at Earlene's Haunted Trailer park, feed his guinea pig Human Hater, and sack out. But, Nimrod just entered the singularity, slaved to an infestation of nanobots of unknown origin. Nimrod is the Michigan Mangler, and the AI overlord behind the Midwest Game Company will do everything in its power to keep him from driving home after work. -- Schedule: Rapid release during launch, then 2/week (Tuesday and Thursday). What to expect:- Multiple character-driven storylines- Dystopian landscapes dominated by emerging AI tech- LitRPG-lite progression Cover art by Adobe Firefly.The book is exclusively on Royal Road and Patreon. If you find it anywhere else, it’s stolen.
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