Lazarus' Kool-Aid

De: J. J. Walsh

Narrado por: Luke Daniels

From the best-selling author of Supersize Island.

Henry Hubble woke up this morning to find three cherubic rag dolls trying to kill him. And it’s been downhill since then.

Henry's life has taken a turn for the weirder. His reality has been gamified—and the game’s architect seems to be a few stats short of a full character sheet. With his nephew's life hanging in the balance, Henry will face off against bosses, minions, and more, mined from his own memories, where D&D game dynamics, eighties-era action tropes, and vegetable phobias reign supreme.

He’ll only begin to understand what’s really going on when he runs across Darla Cunningham and her clairvoyant computer. Unfortunately, what’s really going on is even crazier and scarier than the murder dolls who want him dead.

©2025 J. J. Walsh (P)2025 J. J. Walsh

JJ Wash and Luke Daniels? Just take my credit...

When I saw this book was available I didn't listen to the preview or even read the description before getting it. Supersize Island (which you should absolutely also get if you like this one) was so good that I had that much confidence this would be good.
It is.
I don't want to give any spoilers, and you really don't want that either, so I'll just say that the story description may seem incomplete, but it's really not. That'll make sense later. It's not a good guy VS bad guy sort of story. There's a lot more to it, and ....ya know what? Just listen to it. Trust me It's got plenty of action, character development and a great gob of funny. Even if you're not into RPGs (I'm not) it's easy to follow along with the lingo. If you are into RPGs you'll probably get some of the jokes earlier.

Of course, Luke Daniels was an awesome narrator. You can almost see the inflection and facial expressions in his voice. Yes, I just mixed senses, but it fits. If you've listened to Luke you know how he brings books to life.

it was good

I listened to this one. Very surreal. The ending kind of killed the surreal ness. Great ending though. If you're up to date on dungeon crawler carl, and discount dan this is a nice single book to follow those. There are other books in the universe, Supersize Island, gonna buy that one now.

Very entertaining

This book was such a fun read. Flowed very well, and when you add the narration of Luke Daniels extremely funny with lots of laugh out loud moments.

A fresh LitRPG that made my inner Gen-X say “ooh, that’s nice!”

This popped up for the first time yesterday. I got the audiobook and binged the entire thing last night. Addictive in the best of ways! Luke Daniels nailed the performance of an awesome take on LitRPG! J.J. Walsh just earned a ton of instant purchase credit for all his work in my house!

Quirky and funny

A weird and wacky story. heavy on nostalgia and great puns. I want to be in that universe if only as an observer.

Great LitRPG

Good sci-fi with a heart-felt storyline, and very original execution.  It’s kind of like a really surreal, entertaining therapy journal that turns pet peeves and phobias into hilarious fights to the death. And the multi-layered mysteries and plot twists definitely keep you invested.