Kevin Hearne hugs trees, pets doggies, and rocks out to heavy metal. He also thinks tacos are a pretty nifty idea. He is the author of A Plague of Giants and the New York Times bestselling series The Iron Druid Chronicles.
Delilah S. Dawson is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Phasma, Hit, Servants of the Storm, the Blud series, the creator-owned comics Ladycastle and Sparrowhawk, and the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen). She lives in Florida with her family and a fat mutt named Merle.
"When you put two authors of this high caliber together, expect
fireworks. Or at least laughs. What a hoot!"--Terry Brooks
"Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne have rigged up an absurdly
funny fantasy riff on the Chosen One story, and it had me laughing
from literally the name of the first chapter. Kill the Farm Boy
ranks among the best of Christopher Moore and Terry Pratchett and
is not to be missed."--Chuck Wendig "A rollicking fantasy adventure
that upends numerous genre tropes in audacious style, the first
installment of Dawson and Hearne's Tales of Pell series is 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 "The
hilarious parody novel by New York Times best-selling authors
Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne is one of the brightest reading
selections of the summer, and its deliriously fun tone and
satirical embrace will have you laughing out loud until strangers
begin to look at you oddly."--SyFy "Kill the Farm Boy is a smart
comedy, not only because it skewers modern tropes with a deft but
direct hand, provides twists and turns to what should be a classic
quest, or has representation in sorely needed ways, but because
Dawson and Hearne know exactly when to dole out the humor amidst
all this deconstruction of narrative. . . . Under Dawson and
Hearne's meticulous care and curating, [the characters] become
nuanced, complicated, and human."--Tordotcom "[Delilah Dawson and
Kevin Hearne] wanted to 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 "Silly fun."--Fredericksburg Free
Lance-Star "A fantasy saga with a sense of humor . . . The book is
fun to read and clearly was fun to write."--Asheville Citizen Times
"Dawson and Hearne do a fantastic job of giving each character
their own voice. . . . These characters are imbued with respect and
humanity. . . . Modern sensibilities, engaging humor, fantastic
characters, and a ripping yarn."--SFFWorld "Take every fantasy
trope, every dungeon crawl, every fairytale stereotype and put them
in a bag, smash the bag with a hammer, then dump out the pieces and
you get Kill the Farm Boy. It's a romp of a book, with clever turns
of phrase, goofy characters, a quest they don't realize they're on,
all while poking fun at every fantasy book you've ever read. Terry
Pratchett would be proud. . . . Simply fun to read."--Elitist Book
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