No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell (SIGNED BOOK) by Kevin Hearne (SIGNED BOOK)
No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell) by Kevin Hearne, published by Del Rey
First Print, First Edition Hardcover
Hand Signed by Kevin Hearne COA 5874
Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy welcome you to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett.
War is coming, and it’s gonna be Pell.
On one side stand the gnomes: smol, cheerful, possessing tidy cardigans and no taste for cruelty.
On
the other side sit the halflings, proudly astride their war alpacas,
carrying bags of grenades and hungry for a fight. And pretty much
anything else.
It takes only one halfling bomb and Offi
Numminen’s world is turned upside down—or downside up, really, since he
lives in a hole in the ground. His goth cardigans and aggressive
melancholy set him apart from the other gnomes, as does his decision to
fight back against their halfling oppressors. Suddenly Offi is the
leader of a band of lovable misfits and outcasts—from a gryphon who
would literally kill for omelets to a young dwarf herbalist who is
better with bees than with his cudgel to an assertive and cheerful teen
witch with a beard as long as her book of curses—all on a journey to the
Toot Towers to confront the dastardly villain intent on tearing Pell
asunder. These adventurers never fit in anywhere else, but as they
become friends, fight mermaids, and get really angry at this one
raccoon, they learn that there’s nothing more heroic than being
yourself.
In No Country for Old Gnomes, Delilah S. Dawson
and Kevin Hearne lovingly tweak the tropes of fantasy and fairy tales.
Here you’ll find goofy jokes and whimsical puns, but you’ll also find a
diverse, feminist, and lighthearted approach to fantasy that will bring a
smile to your face and many fine cheeses to your plate.