Overview
āTrue Detective meets Swamp Thing in the Artemis Fowl authorās neo-noirish thriller about a curmudgeonly dragon in Louisiana.ā āGuardian
From theĀ New York TimesĀ bestselling author of theĀ Artemis FowlĀ series comes a hilarious andĀ high-octane adult novel about a vodka-drinking,Ā Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated life in the bayous of Louisianaāand the raucous adventures that ensue when he crosses paths with a fifteen-year-old troublemaker on the run from a crooked sheriff.
In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobsānow he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrieānow he goes by Vern. However...he has survived, unlike the rest. He is the last of his kind, the last dragon. Still, no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core. Vernās glory days are long gone. Or are they?
A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett āSquibā Moreau does what he can to survive, trying not to break the heart of his saintly single mother. Heās finally decided to work for a shady smugglerābut on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by a crooked constable.
Regence Hooke is not just a dirty cop, heās a despicable human beingāwho happens to want Squibās momma in the worst way. When Hooke goes after his hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself airlifted from certain death byā¦a dragon?
The swamp can make strange bedfellows, and rather than be fried alive so the dragon can keep his secret, Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as his go-between (aka familiar)āfetch his vodka, keep him company, etc.āin exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three of them are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation. Thereās about to be a fiery reckoning, in which either dragons finally go extinctāor Vernās glory days are back.
A triumphant return to the genre-bending fantasy that Eoin Colfer is so well known for,Ā HighfireĀ is an effortlessly clever and relentlessly funny tour-de-force of comedy and action.
This book title, Highfire (A Novel) - 9780062938572, ISBN: 9780062938572, by Eoin Colfer, published by HarperCollins (January 5, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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