Monsters. Daemons. Dragons. Spartans?




The Hard Blokes of Sparta are gaining a reputation as high-class adventures-for-hire, always willing to lend a magically-strengthened hand in the monster-slaying department...for a fair price, of course. But though they are going up in the world, the world in question remains full of secrets and mysteries. And if they are to get home, they must understand the deeply strange workings of Level 31. Why were they drawn here? What power makes the place so unstable? And even more pressing...is something going wrong with it?
When it becomes apparent an especially evil daemon has been engaged to slay the Hard Blokes, Dave decides the only sensible course of action is a pre-emptive strike.
But taking on a daemon on their home turf was never going to be easy, especially when the daemon in question is horribly ancient, exceptionally sneaky, and addicted to stealing fragments of souls. And when you lose a part of your soul, it turns out that one thing it throws into question is your understanding of the past...
Now everything Dave and his friends thought they knew seems uncertain, and the danger isn't only the horrible monsters, but the Hard Blokes themselves...
To prevail, they must go on a journey that will take them into the strange secrets which lurk at the heart of Level 31.


"The knowingly silly and sarcastic narration is pitch-perfect," - ***** Goodreads reviewer


"The writing is seriously intelligent stuff. I loved how clever it all was,"- ***** Goodreads reviewer