Highfire

A Novel

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Beschreibung

<p><b>“<i>True Detective</i> meets <i>Swamp Thing </i>in the Artemis Fowl author’s neo-noirish thriller about a curmudgeonly dragon in Louisiana.”—<i>The Guardian</i><br><br>From <i>The New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series comes a hilarious and high-octane adult novel about a vodka-drinking, <i>Flashdance</i>-loving dragon who lives an isolated life in the bayous of Louisiana, and the raucous adventures that ensue when he crosses paths with a fifteen-year-old troublemaker on the run from a crooked sheriff—now available as a limited limited Olive Edition from Harper Perennial.</b><br><br>In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs; now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his La-Z-Boy recliner. Wyvern, Lord Highfire, of the Highfire Eyrie, who once struck fear in hearts far and wide, is reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binge-watching Netflix in a fishing shack. He is the last of his kind, the last dragon, yet no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core.<br><br>Vern’s glory days are long gone—or are they? A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett “Squib” Moreau does what he can to survive. He’s finally decided to work for a shady smuggler—but on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by crooked constable Regence Hooke.<br><br>When Hooke goes after his hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself most unexpectedly rescued by a real live dragon.<br><br>The swamp can make strange bedfellows, and Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as Vern’s go-between in exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation in which dragons either finally become extinct—or Vern’s glory days are back.</p><p>The full set of books in the 2026 Olive Editions series include:</p><ul><li><i>Guards! Guards!</i> by Terry Pratchet

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063570832

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

176 x 115 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publ. USA