After his run-in with The Handyman, Paul is in search of the simple life: simple job, simple food, simple place to stay. But the town of Deliverance is anything but simple in their attempts to be simply charming. Behind all their fancy niceties, the town harbors hate and disgust for grimy Wasteland people. They’ll do anything to protect their odd interpretation of what was once a normal life thirty years ago, before The Wasteland Star wreaked havoc upon the world. But now their way of life is challenged by a string of fires. Has The Handyman come into town? Is Evil rebelling? Or have the raccoons gotten way too smart? Paul must decide whether to stay and help, or help himself to a vacation away from all this drama.
A dark comedy light novel. Paul is a simple handyman looking for work, but introducing himself as a handyman is the biggest mistake he can make. Why? Because someone’s on a murdering rampage. Everyone calls this infamous killer 'The Handyman.'
A woman saves his life and gives him a job. She might be crazy. She has connections to the chocolate factory in town. Don't ask what's in the chocolate. Paul has two options: convince everyone he's not The Handyman, or hang by a noose. It could be worse.
A plume of dust spews out of the mountainside, burying the valley in grey. No one knows what it is. No one knows whether it will stop. The colony watches as the powder grows, and they wait for the elders to decide their fate. But no announcement comes. The members are forced to decide whether to break convention and act on their own or wait for a decision they're not sure will come.
It takes this cataclysmic event for Teka to realize that she wanted independence all along. Tiladon challenges his beliefs about what it takes to be Head-Elder and a father. Desupon is forced to decide whether to continue living by the colony's standards or escape the images of death repeating in her mind. Is this the perfect opportunity for the members to change? Or is it the perfect excuse for them to run from a group they want no part of?
