Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne

Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne

In an irreverent series in the tradition of Monty Python, the bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasma reinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly written feast scenes.

"Ranks among the best of Christopher Moore and Terry Pratchett."--Chuck Wendig

"When you put two authors of this high caliber together, expect fireworks. Or at least laughs. What a hoot!"--Terry Brooks

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told.

This is not that fairy tale.

There is a Chosen One, but he is unlike any One who has ever been Chosened.

And there is a faraway kingdom, but you have never been to a magical world quite like the land of Pell.

There, a plucky farm boy will find more than he's bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First there's the Dark Lord, who wishes for the boy's untimely death . . . and also very fine cheese. Then there's a bard without a song in her heart but with a very adorable and fuzzy tail, an assassin who fears not the night but is terrified of chickens, and a mighty fighter more frightened of her sword than of her chain-mail bikini. This journey will lead to sinister umlauts, a trash-talking goat, the Dread Necromancer Steve, and a strange and wondrous journey to the most peculiar "happily ever after" that ever once-upon-a-timed. 

Praise for Kill the Farm Boy

"A rollicking fantasy adventure that upends numerous genre tropes in audacious style . . . a laugh-out-loud-funny fusion of Monty Python-esque humor and whimsy à la Terry Pratchett's Discworld."--Kirkus Reviews

"Dawson and Hearne's reimagining of a traditional fairy tale is reminiscent of William Goldman's The Princess Bride and William Steig's Shrek! Irreverent, funny, and full of entertaining wordplay, this will keep readers guessing until the end."--Library Journal

"Will have you laughing out loud until strangers begin to look at you oddly."--SyFy

"A smart comedy . . . nuanced, complicated, and human."--Tordotcom

"[Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne] make fun of the typical 'white male power fantasies,' and in that, they succeed, with their heroes all characters of color and/or falling somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella."--Publishers Weekly

Dawson is the author of Star Wars: Phasma, Star Wars: The Perfect Weapon, the Star Wars short tale Scorched, and a number of Star Wars stories for IDW's Star Wars Adventures all-ages comic series. Other works include the Blud series, Servants of the Storm, the HIT series, Wake of Vultures and Conspiracy of Ravens (both as Lila Bowen), and a number of short tales in anthologies such as Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors, Carniepunk, Three Slices, and Last Night, A Superhero Saved My Life. Ladycastle, her first comic, is now available via BOOM! Studios. Delilah won the 2015 RT Novel Reviews Fantasy Book of the Year for Wake of Vultures, as well as the 2013 Steampunk Book of the Year and the May Award of Excellence for Blud's Wicked As She Wants. Wake of Vultures received four stars from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, while Library Journal, and the Blud e-novella The Damsel and the Daggerman received a star from Library Journal.

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ISBN 13	9781524797768
ISBN 10	1524797766
Title	Kill the Farm Boy
Author	Kevin Hearne
Series	The Tales Of Pell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2019-02-26
Number of pages	400
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.