The Princess Bride meets Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels Join former scamp
Cullin and his merry band of confidence men (and one liberated
princess) as they put The Sting in the Middle Ages. With dreams of
being a hero, or at least a storyteller, Cullin travels with Sir
Dalbry, a washed-up knight in shining armor; Reeger, ready and eager
for any part of the dirty work; and Affonyl, former princess, who
wanted to study science and alchemy, rather than embroidery. Together,
they cross the land with one scam after another, concocting their own
heroic deeds, preparing mock dragon heads, or selling kraken tusks and
mermaid scales. But when attempting to con King Longjohn, whose castle
is supposedly bursting at the seams with treasure, the caper turns
sour. The powerful Wizard-Mage Ugnarok and his army of ugly and
muscular (if not too bright) orcs takes over Longjohn’s castle,
imprisoning the king, pillaging the halls, and carrying on with
typical orc-like mayhem. Cullin and his friends are trapped in the
castle’s labyrinth of secret passages, just trying to survive … or
is this the opportunity for a grander scam than they have ever
attempted before? Orcs are terribly superstitious—you can’t bash a
ghost, after all—and it’s like Die Hard in a castle, as Cullin,
Affonyl, Reeger, and Dalbry set up a grand haunting that will scare
off even the scariest orc army.
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A Dragon Business Adventure
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781680574333
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
WordFire Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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