I would unironically read this. Having a boombox would make a bard immensely more powerful.

My first thought looking at that is she gonna cut herself on that axe. Get a proper sheath, FFS!

I do not understand what is happening here...

But I do agree this is the BEST sci Fi novel of the year.

Even while aware of how little classic scifi or fsntasy covers usually have in common with the book contents... This is still surprisingly weird.