BuyMort: Shopocalypse Saga
Damien Hanson & Joseph Phelps
When the Multiversal Monopoly BuyMort arrives on Earth, every human becomes a storefront and all currency, sales and systems run through BuyMort. Tyson Dawes, a slacker caretaking a desert campground in Arizona with two bucks in his wallet, is thrust from pacifist Human Pinata to accidental warlord as alien entrepreneurs, the Dearth Conglomerate, Kraken hivemind and the Church of BuyMort vie to corner the market. Across seven volumes — Grand Opening, Smart Shopper, Rise of the Windowpuncher, 30,000 Leagues, Bull Market Mayhem, Closing Time and Singularity — Tyson builds the Silken Sands affiliate from a campground into Arizona's government, then Nu-Earth's planetary affiliate and finally a multiversal force, fighting predatory ads, hostile takeovers and dungeon incursions where every purchase is life or death.
Progression: Explicit LitRPG/system-apocalypse progression is central and advertised on every blurb: 'affiliate and credit levels, and progression.' System: (1) Affiliate Ranks/Credit Levels — Tyson advances from unranked human to CEO of Silken Sands Affiliate, earning credit levels and morties (multiversal currency) via sales, combat and market manipulation; each book tracks corporate rank-ups and market-share growth. (2) Morties & Market Loot — loot, starfish suit upgrades, monster drops and base-building purchases directly increase power; dungeon clears and settlement expansion grant quantifiable shop-system rewards. (3) Base-Building Progression — campground → fortified Silken Sands settlement → Arizona state → Nu-Earth planetary affiliate → multiversal holdings, with each volume's territorial control as a measured tier. (4) Multiversal Conquest Tiers — Dearth Local → Kraken → Sleem → Church of BuyMort → BuyMort itself, with bullish/bear markets and ROI battles as explicit power scales. Goodreads tags LitRPG/progression on all volumes; description repeats 'tons of market loot, monsters, a dungeon, affiliate and credit levels, and progression' as the engine.
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