A Market in the Maelstrom: A Slice-of-Life LitRPG Adventure

The Cozy Abyss, Book 3

By: Harmon Cooper

Narrated by: Matthew Wolf

A pubkeep in purgatory helps foster a friendly community in the face of monstrous terror in the final installment of this cozy LitRPG fantasy series.

Sylas Runewulf has a busy schedule for a dead man. Since taking up residency in the Underworld town of Ember Hollow, the fallen warrior has become a pub owner, a brewer, and a farmer. Now he's opening a long-awaited market for rare goods.

Furthermore, Sylas's social life is flourishing, with a cozy community of friends and neighbors and a budding romance to boot. He also has a fiercely protective cat, Patches, and dog, Cornbread, and plans to add a magical goose to the mix. Everything seems to be coming together nicely.

Except . . .

Danger continues to encroach upon Ember Hollow. The daily warnings Sylas receives of an impending onslaught from the Chasm's fiery hell can no longer be ignored. He must alert his entire community before it's too late.

Meanwhile, the magical barrier between the realms has suffered a breach. Patches and Cornbread can sense a deadly monster roaming the nearby forest—but it'll take more than a cat and dog to keep the town safe.

©2025 Harmon Cooper (P)2025 Podium Audio

Absolutely delightful!

This was such a fantastic epic yet somehow still cozy ending to an absolutely wonderful series! I love how everything ended up. I love these characters, and I really hope there's a spinoff series or something some day because while the ending was amazing, I'm still not ready for this series to be over. I cannot recommend this one enough!

Better than expected

A Well written story clean and neat ending. I Would definitely recommend reading this series

Creative tale

Enjoyed this creative book and loved the narrator Mathew Wolff is amazing to listen to.

it's such a heart warming story

this entire series are so heart warming and fun the perfect blend of slice of life or I suppose after life and action and this was an excellent end

Pretty decent

I always hate listening to books before this series is complete, because the worst part is waiting for the next one to come out, but I will certainly be waiting for the next one. I did notice with this one, it wasn't as light as the others for a 'slice of life' book and pretty much the whole book had me waiting for the second shoe to drop with the cliffhanger ending leaving me with not such a good feeling. Hopefully book number four doesn't disappoint!