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Bean to Boss

(2025)
(The first book in the Fistful of Levels series)
A novel by

 
 
He spawned in a murder-maze with a mop, a teacup, and a permanent Level 1 tag. What’s the worst that could happen?

Drew was making lattes. Blink. Now he’s an Empty Hand Warrior in a medieval dungeon that runs on game rules and bad ideas. No sword. No armor. Just breath, footwork, and a cup he refuses to drop.

The System insists he’s Level 1 forever—a glitch the locals love to laugh at. Joke’s on them. Drew’s class scales off rhythm, timing, and audacity. He learns Flow (breathe right, hit right), Step Aside (don’t be there), and the Anywhere Punch—touch the seam on zero and things fall down politely.

Between clearing halls and fixing torch lines, he adopts a goblin clerk with a ledger (Tig), rescues trainees (Tall and Short), and sets house rules: Chairs before blades. No child spawns. Holds, not blood. Bosses break. Crowds calm. Racketeers with sashes start to sweat.

If you like fast fights, dry humor, simple stats, and a hero who treats a dungeon like a gym with inconvenient politics, this one’s for you.

HUD: HP 86% ST 70% HP(Ego) 92% — ‘Sit first. Drink second. Then talk.’

Grab Book 1: Bean to Boss now and watch a so-called nobody mop the floor with the dungeon—one clean breath at a time.


Genre: GameLit

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