Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell (The Tales of Pell Series

Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell (The Tales of Pell Series Book 1)

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

â€œRanks among the best of Christopher Moore and Terry Pratchett.â€â€”Chuck Wendig

â€œWhen you put two authors of this high caliber together, expect fireworks. Or at least laughs. What a hoot!â€â€”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 heâ€™s bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First thereâ€™s the Dark Lord, who wishes for the boyâ€™sÂ untimely death . . . and also very fine cheese. Then thereâ€™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 â€œhappily ever afterâ€ that ever once-upon-a-timed.Â

Praise for Kill the Farm Boy

â€œA rollicking fantasy adventure that upends numerous genre tropes in audacious style . . . a laugh-out-loud-funny fusion of Monty Pythonâ€“esque humor and whimsy Ã la Terry Pratchettâ€™s Discworld.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews

â€œDawson and Hearneâ€™s reimagining of a traditional fairy tale is reminiscent of William Goldmanâ€™s The Princess Bride and William Steigâ€™s Shrek! Irreverent, funny, and full of entertaining wordplay, this will keep readers guessing until the end.â€â€”Library Journal

â€œWill have you laughing out loud until strangers begin to look at you oddly.â€â€”SyFy

â€œA smart comedy . . . nuanced, complicated, and human.â€â€”Tordotcom

â€œ[Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne] make fun of the typical â€˜white male power fantasies,â€™ and in that, they succeed, with their heroes all characters of color and/or falling somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-07-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2018-07-17
Format	Kindle eBook

Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell (The Tales of Pell Series Book 1)

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