this is exactly the entire plot of the Dark Profit Saga (Orconomics is the first book, 3 books total) and it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read!
it’s written in a sorta Terry Pratchett-like style, with a modern twist, set in a typical medieval fantasy world, where the elites figure out that they can bet on the outcome of a dungeon raid in advance and invent a stock market based on the profits of raiding monster lairs!
there’s lots of plays on typical fantasy tropes
it’s also full of amazingly silly acronyms: the monster races are known as F.O.E.s (forces of evil), the “civilized monsters” are known as N.P.C. (non-combat c…i wanna say creatures? i forgot that one…) and tons more!
this is exactly the entire plot of the Dark Profit Saga (Orconomics is the first book, 3 books total) and it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read!
it’s written in a sorta Terry Pratchett-like style, with a modern twist, set in a typical medieval fantasy world, where the elites figure out that they can bet on the outcome of a dungeon raid in advance and invent a stock market based on the profits of raiding monster lairs!
there’s lots of plays on typical fantasy tropes it’s also full of amazingly silly acronyms: the monster races are known as F.O.E.s (forces of evil), the “civilized monsters” are known as N.P.C. (non-combat c…i wanna say creatures? i forgot that one…) and tons more!
it is glorious!
highly recommended read for fantasy nerds!
Thank you for the recommendation.
The author is J. Zachary Pike if anyone is wondering.