No Country for Old Gnomes
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No Country for Old Gnomes by Kevin Hearne
Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy welcome you to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett."A complete delight, as fluffy and fun as The Lego Movie and as heartfelt as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."--Locus
War is coming, and it's gonna be Pell.
On one side stand the gnomes: smol, cheerful, possessing tidy cardigans and no taste for cruelty.
On the other side sit the halflings, proudly astride their war alpacas, carrying bags of grenades and hungry for a fight. And pretty much anything else.
It takes only one halfling bomb and Offi Numminen's world is turned upside down--or downside up, really, since he lives in a hole in the ground. His goth cardigans and aggressive melancholy set him apart from the other gnomes, as does his decision to fight back against their halfling oppressors. Suddenly Offi is the leader of a band of lovable misfits and outcasts--from a gryphon who would literally kill for omelets to a young dwarf herbalist who is better with bees than with his cudgel to an assertive and cheerful teen witch with a beard as long as her book of curses--all on a journey to the Toot Towers to confront the dastardly villain intent on tearing Pell asunder. These adventurers never fit in anywhere else, but as they become friends, fight mermaids, and get really angry at this one raccoon, they learn that there's nothing more heroic than being yourself.
In No Country for Old Gnomes, Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne lovingly tweak the tropes of fantasy and fairy tales. Here you'll find goofy jokes and whimsical puns, but you'll also find a diverse, feminist, and lighthearted approach to fantasy that will bring a smile to your face and many fine cheeses to your plate.
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781524797799 |
| ISBN 10 | 1524797790 |
| Title | No Country for Old Gnomes |
| Author | Kevin Hearne |
| Series | The Tales Of Pell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2020-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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