Featuring over 50 hand-drawn illustrations. An engaging cast of characters and outrageous moments await. Paul just wants to be normal, but The Wasteland ain't normal, kid. Thirty years ago, The Wasteland Star showed up and nearly destroyed the world. Paul, a traveling handyman, now struggles to survive the insanity of this devolved world. He'd much rather live the simple life. But the simple life is hard to come by when he mistakenly introduces himself as the most hated person in the known world, a person known for ...
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Featuring over 50 hand-drawn illustrations. An engaging cast of characters and outrageous moments await. Paul just wants to be normal, but The Wasteland ain't normal, kid. Thirty years ago, The Wasteland Star showed up and nearly destroyed the world. Paul, a traveling handyman, now struggles to survive the insanity of this devolved world. He'd much rather live the simple life. But the simple life is hard to come by when he mistakenly introduces himself as the most hated person in the known world, a person known for destroying entire towns, a person known only as The Handyman. He manages to find a few allies, but Gearhead isn't buying Paul's supposed good-guy facade. Can Paul avoid the noose that awaits him, or will this Handyman mishap haunt him for the rest of his life, short as it could be? If you're looking for something humorous that isn't middle-grade-simplistic, nor filled with filth you'd be afraid to tell your grandma about, and you just want to sit back and enjoy a book without dissecting every major plot line, then this book is for you. The quality of writing and editing is top-tier, with strong, believable dialogue. These days, it's easy to find a book with a cool cover and be disappointed by how poorly written it is. Yeah, your baby sister could write better. Sometimes we find guilty pleasure in reading those books (ever read a light novel?), but this isn't one of those books. This is a labor of love and editing. It's not going to blow your socks off and keep you gripped to the edge of your seat; it's a steady, enjoyable ride, one chapter at a time, with some good laughs throughout. Oh, and book two is even funnier. The stick-figure illustrations are full of character. There's only one good way to draw a raccoon throwing a trash can, or someone belching flames. There's an oversized bazooka in there, and someone definitely gets electrocuted. It's all drawn with as much class that stick-figures can afford. Super classy. Yeah. Totally classy. Want a more detailed story blurb that borders on too much? Here you go: Paul stumbles into the town of Desolation, looking to rest his tired eyes, only to be threatened by Gearhead, who thinks he's The Handyman, an infamous murderer. Janus overhears their misunderstanding, and saves the day, but Paul quickly realizes that she's unpredictable. Just what he needs: another crazy Wastelander. Despite that, he agrees to stay with her to earn a bit of money until he can move on to the next town. After thirty years of being a traveling handyman, Paul has certainly been through worse. Pinstripes, the man in charge of a chocolate factory in town, takes a liking to Paul, and Paul meets others who are equally odd, yet likeable. Gearhead, on the other hand, has no intentions of letting him leave town. A noose awaits Paul if he doesn't get out of town soon enough. But work continues! Paul joins Janus in fixing the town's water tower, and does some odd jobs for others in town. When they help fix the chocolate factory, Paul finds great favor among the people. They assure him that Gearhead won't do anything that might leave him headless. Paul wants to believe that people are good, so naturally he gives Gearhead a chance, which definitely doesn't help his situation. Paul needs to get out of town if he knows what's good for him. He doesn't know what's good for him. He stays.
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