Category: Fantasy Publisher: DAW
ISBN-10: 0756404932
Type: Fiction
Pages: 352
Copyright: March 4, 2008
Book three in the goblin series.
Despite impossible odds, Jig was still alive. He'd survived an adventurers' quest against a dragon and a necromancer, a pixie invasion that had ogres and trolls dropping like flies, and most frightening of all, the threat of being made chief of the goblins. He wasn't sure how much more he could stand.
Naturally, he was about to find out.
War was brewing in the world outside the mountain, and when the goblins' lair was invaded by human warriors, Jig knew it was only the start of another really bad day. . . .
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Publishers Weekly
Hines sidesteps the main question facing elvers—WWTD, or What would Tolkien do?—with a wink and his usual snort. His goofy elves, orcs, trolls, dwarves, humans and even an evil tree conjure laughter, not screams ... Readers will need familiarity with earlier books in the series, but Hines’s funny bone is sharp and YA-friendly.
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