Hexwood is SO WEIRD and it is possibly my favorite, or at least one of my favorites, and I've read it so often now that I have to consciously remind myself that the first half the book doesn't make sense the first time you read it because it's completely out of order and you don't know who anyone is yet and ALSO DWJ is just like "OK, what tropes haven't I hit yet? -- ah yes, OK, now it's an office rom-com! now he's a dragon! now it's Arthurian AND ALSO aliens are trying to make them do it!" God bless.