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    "description": "<b>In an irreverent series in the tradition of Monty Python, the&#160;bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and <i>Star Wars: Phasma</i> reinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly written feast scenes.</b><br><br><b>&ldquo;Ranks among the best of Christopher Moore and Terry Pratchett.&rdquo;&mdash;Chuck Wendig</b><br><br><b>&ldquo;When you put two authors of this high caliber together, expect fireworks. Or at least laughs. What a hoot!&rdquo;&mdash;Terry Brooks</b><br><br> Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told.<br><br> This is not that fairy tale.<br><br> There <i>is</i> a Chosen One, but he is unlike any One who has ever been Chosened.<br><br> And there <i>is</i> a faraway kingdom, but you have never been to a magical world quite like the land of Pell.<br><br> There, a plucky farm boy will find more than he&rsquo;s bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First there&rsquo;s the Dark Lord, who wishes for the boy&rsquo;s&#160;untimely death . . . and also very fine cheese. Then there&rsquo;s a bard without a song in her heart but with a very adorable and fuzzy tail, an assassin who fears not the night but is terrified of chickens, and a mighty fighter more frightened of her sword than of her chain-mail bikini. This journey will lead to sinister umlauts, a trash-talking goat, the Dread Necromancer Steve, and a strange and wondrous journey to the most peculiar &ldquo;happily ever after&rdquo; that ever once-upon-a-timed.&#160;<br><b><br>Praise for <i>Kill the Farm Boy</i></b><br><br> &ldquo;A rollicking fantasy adventure that upends numerous genre tropes in audacious style . . . a laugh-out-loud-funny fusion of Monty Python&ndash;esque humor and whimsy &agrave; la Terry Pratchett&rsquo;s Discworld.&rdquo;<b><i>&mdash;Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br><br> &ldquo;Dawson and Hearne&rsquo;s reimagining of a traditional fairy tale is reminiscent of William Goldman&rsquo;s <i>The Princess Bride</i> and William Steig&rsquo;s <i>Shrek!</i> Irreverent, funny, and full of entertaining wordplay, this will keep readers guessing until the end.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Library Journal</i></b><br><br>&ldquo;Will have you laughing out loud until strangers begin to look at you oddly.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>SyFy</i></b><br><br> &ldquo;A smart comedy . . . nuanced, complicated, and human.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Tordotcom</i></b><br><br> &ldquo;[Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne] make fun of the typical &lsquo;white male power fantasies,&rsquo; and in that, they succeed, with their heroes all characters of color and/or falling somewhere under the LGBTQ umbrella.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>",
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