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Liam Lawless Here With a Side Quest

April 22, 2026 by William Myrl Leave a Comment

It’s been more than a year since my first book came out, and I’m still not a millionaire.

Hey guys, Liam Lawless here, author of that one book about a guy with a fishing rod and stuff. The book’s been doing okay. I mean, I would prefer if I could afford a private island, but I have enough for food. The paid author life tastes like instant ramen and cheap cheese sticks, incidentally.

What? Where’s the extra money? It’s been responsibly reinvested into a gold-encrusted statue of my own face, of course. This is what good decisions look like.

Anyway, the point is that I need a cash infusion and I need it quick. After about three months of sleeplessness and copious amounts of caffeine, I now present Book 4 of The Apocalypse is a Side Quest. After barely surviving the challenges of the fifth circle, we’re at the sixth circle, and stuff is going down. There are three species competing to escape, and there’s only one slot available. The rest are going to get blown to shreds. Meanwhile, the Mother System, the architect behind the entire apocalypse, has taken a personal interest in Nathan Lee’s suffering, just to make things a little more fun for everyone involved.

Buy this book. Not for me (okay, somewhat for me), but primarily to see how much worse Nathan’s life can get.

-Liam


Here’s what readers are saying about the series—

“…laughs from start to finish.”

“…fireworks in written form…”

“Reading this series is a New Main Quest”

“Rhubarb.”

“Lots of side quests and power-up shenanigans.”

“Bought it because of the cover and became invested when he met the talking mafia fish.”

“Nathan faces moral dilemmas left and right.”

“The Apocalypse Is A Side Quest… certainly supplied the laughs. But also so much more.”

Learn more about Liam and his books.

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