The Lapsed Lease

Hitchhiker's Guide meets Dungeon Crawler Carl in a galactic LitRPG featuring unique regional classes, snarky bureaucracy, and deep party dynamics. A LitRPG with humor, heart, and a body count. Remy Broussard was already having the worst day of his life. Fired from his job as an NFL mental performance coach on the anniversary of losing his wife and newborn son, he tried to clear his head — then stopped to save a turtle crossing a busy New Orleans street and got flattened by a Cybertruck. Death should have been the end of it. Instead, Remy is yanked out of the afterlife and drafted into the Occupancy Assessment, a five-floor gauntlet run by the Associated System Service (Yes, ASS) Because he died saving a life, he qualifies as a Hero. Because he died in New Orleans, he unlocks something even stranger: Rootworker, a rare regional class built around voodoo... gris-gris charms, curses, protective magic, and patron Loa. Now Earth is in foreclosure, 50,000 dead heroes have been given one chance to save it, and Remy has to survive a system where exploits get patched, safety features glitch, “NPCs” are very much alive, and player-killing is just another progression path. Armed with a class he barely understands, two strangers becoming something like family, and a patron spirit watching every step, Remy will have to rely on tactical awareness, emotional intelligence, and raw grit to make it to the next floor. What to expect: Unique Classes and Magic SystemsGrounded, Experienced MCStrong Party MechanicsSnarky System BureaucracyHigh Stakes and Faction PoliticsFound Family