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Picture this: King Arthur, but he's less "noble hero" and more "guy who accidentally became a sourdough monarch because a sword got stuck in a cake." Welcome to Kingdom Management for Dummies, a tale where Camelot's golden age is less Round Table and more artisanal charcuterie board.
After yanking Excalibur from a stone (and ignoring the Terms of Service), Arthur Pendragon rules a kingdom where peasants are mutating into sentient pretzels, the moat spews kombucha hurricanes, and his wizard mentor, Merlin, is trapped in the body of a sarcastic sourdough starter named Foamy Jr. Oh, and his estranged nephew Mordred? He's livestreaming the chaos for crypto-clout while selling NFTs of Arthur's midlife crisis.
When reality itself starts rising like overproofed dough (thanks to a villainous bakery cult brainwashing peasants with AI sourdough), Arthur must rally a resistance featuring:
- Guinevere, a union boss with a rolling pin and a grudge.
- Dave the Dragon, a vegan pyromaniac running a taco truck.
- Sharon, a cosmic HR rep auditing everyone's life choices.
Their quest? Steal the Rolling Pin of Avalon to flatten fate, shut down a Yelp-obsessed carb cult, and survive a bake-off judged by The Algorithm (think TikTok trends meets Satan's spreadsheet).
Filled with kombucha floods, sentient croissants, and more bread puns than a Panera Bread fever dream, The Once and Future Dork is Monty Python meets The Great British Bake-Off in a blender set to "apocalypse."
Read it if you've ever:
- Wondered what happens when chivalry meets gluten intolerance.
- Suspected your sourdough starter was judging you.
- Wanted to see a dragon flambé a tax auditor.
Spoiler: The moat unionizes. The raven sues. And yes, there's a post-credits scene where the Lady of the Lake threatens a low-carb sequel.
Doughn't miss it.