{"product_id":"9781529402032","title":"Highfire","description":"Author: Eoin Colfer\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529402032\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Jan 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A joyous fantasy for grownups' Guardian \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A funny, offbeat adult fantasy novel' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A dazzling first adult novel from bestselling children's author Colfer' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighfire \u003c\/i\u003eis a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e genre-bending tour-de-force of comedy and action by the million-copy-selling master storyteller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSquib Moreau may be swamp-wild, but his intentions are (generally) good: he \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e wants to be a supportive son to his hard-working momma Elodie. But sometimes life gets in the way - like when Fake Daddy walked out on them leaving a ton of debt, or when crooked Constable Regence Hooke got to thinking pretty Elodie Moreau was just the gal for him . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An apprenticeship with the local moonshine runner, servicing the bayou, looks like the only way to pay off the family debts and maybe get Squib and his momma a place in town, far from Constable Hooke's unwanted courtship and Fake Daddy's reputation.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfortunately for Squib, Hooke has his own eye on that very same stretch of bayou - and neither of them have taken into account the fire-breathing dragon hiding out in the Louisiana swamp . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor Squib Moreau, Regence Hooke and Vern, aka Lord Highfire of Highfire Eyrie, life is never going to be the same again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Told in crunchy prose, with lashings of earthy dialogue, it reads like an Elmore Leonard Thriller, but with dragons . . . Colfer clearly had a blast writing this, and his sheer storytelling panache brushes aside the quibbles of fantasy-genre agnostics with infectious glee' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eArtemis Fowl \u003c\/i\u003eseries: Eoin Colfer's first adult fantasy novel is a hilarious, high-octane adventure about a vodka-drinking, \u003ci\u003eFlashdance-\u003c\/i\u003eloving dragon who's been hiding out from the world - and potential torch-carrying mobs - in a Louisiana bayou . . . until h\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis peaceful world's turned upside down by a well-intentioned but wild Cajun tearaway and the crooked (and heavily armed) law officer who wants him dead.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363112112286,"sku":"ADS-9781529402032","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529402032.jpg?v=1767313128","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529402032","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}