The world as we knew it is gone. Food and water are poison. Learn the new rules, or die trying.
Eli ‘Nacho’ Naches is a fearsome assassin who has lost everything in a post-apocalyptic world full of monstrous creatures. He knows where he fits in this horror-show, and he’s only been hanging around to see what’s going to be thrown at him next. When he’s finally put in chains and sent to the chopping block, he goes readily… only to be unexpectedly sent back in time to his younger body with his memories intact, and the chance to make a difference.
But Nacho isn’t interested in saving the world. He just needs to save the people that matter to him, and give them a chance to survive in a world where everything but the air itself is poison. Knowing that all their lives are on the line, Nacho the battle-scarred killer needs to get his college-age friends to listen to him, plan their builds, and secure a safe location to bunker down. Obviously, each of those goals is an Epic quest all on its own.
Welcome to the Juxtaposition. May Your Future Be Delicious.
My Favorite Quotes from the first book.
1. "There's a lot I'm not telling you. Some of it is ... disturbing. "
Nacho wasn't looking forward to talking about the world's eventual food sorce. Extolling the virtues of cannibalism was always so awkward.
2. Once they were safe, he could try cooking Gumdrop Grubs
With a name like that, they wouldn't taste too terrible, would they?
3. Hey, Cook Boy! You're not just cooking, you're cooking with love. Give your favorite murder-machine mate motivation to be murdering. I'm sure you'll be proud when your dear friends go on a killing rampage with a belly full of your cooking magic.
4. Cannibalism always made for very distasteful conversation.
5. "We know you, Nacho. We know you have this side to you... because of -how do I put this nicely as possible...? We had always voted on you as the person most likely to eat another person. Be happy our old year books got left in the old world."
6. The past has teeth, and it'll go for the throat every time.
7. The future is far hungrier. It eats the very seconds of our lives.
8. Also your overworking your biscuit dough. If you'd been born in Mississippi you would've known that.
9. Oh, you know, fall into a rut and then decorate it instead of getting out and away. A picture here, a throe rug there, 'oh, sweetheart, should we decoupage the furniture '?
Kronos turned and glared at the cook. "The answer is always no. Don't decoupage anything. Ever "
7. "Let's keep it that way." Nacho hummed softly as he scrubbed. "Losing you two.... made me a much worse person."
8. Hey, Player, it's Active Combat time! Wow. You are a treacherous chef, aren't you? Guy doesn't want to eat your wings, so you stab him in the neck? Good luck with your mellow murder!
9. The stories of you pesky humans, Earth in particular, make us old weary beings optimistic. If there's one utterly precious commodity in the universe, it's hope.
10. Listen, Kala, human beings are good at two things: adapting to circumstances, and coming together to survive. That's our real magical ability: to tell each other stories that draw us together, because we are much stronger together than we are apart. Yes, there will be growing pains, but the more people we gather, the stronger we'll become.
Is this a cozy cooking story?
No
Murder is always cooking
Voting ended onJan 6, 2025
* This a good first book for the start of a series, the world has become a murder game survival game. And our "hero" has a history of murder and cannibalism. The only thing he cares about is keeping his friends alive. And I think there is real proof that is a good. Thing but I a world where killing things is so important Nacho choose to cook and I think that he's going to completely change the game.
