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A. Lee Martinez
ISBN: 9780765354570
Format: Paperback
Publisher:St Martin's Press
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For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency, he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might truly be better dead than face his newest assignment.
For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency, he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might truly be better dead than face his newest assignment. Ogre Company is the legion's dumping ground-a motley, undisciplined group of monsters whose leaders tend to die under somewhat questionable circumstances. That's where Ned's rather unique talents come in. As Ogre Company's newly appointed commander, Ned finds himself in charge of such fine examples of military prowess as a moonstruck Amazon, a very big (and very polite) two-headed ogre, a seductively scaly siren, a blind oracle who can hear (and smell) the future, a suicidal goblin daredevil pilot, a walking tree with a chip on its shoulder, and a suspiciously goblinesque orc. Ned has only six months to whip Ogre company into shape or face an even more hideous assignment, but that's not the worst of his problems. Because now that Ned has found out why he keeps returning from the dead, he has to do everything he can to stay alive.
| ISBN | 0765354578 | | Pages | 336 | | ISBN13 | 9780765354570
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | St Martin's Press | | Weight (grammes) | 154 | | Imprint | Tor Books | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 171 | | Publication date | 01 May 2007 | | Width (mm) | 107 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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"Martinez's follow-up to "Gil's All Fright Diner" is as joyfully fast paced and funny. Ogre Company tweaks fantasy clich?'s most excellently."--"Booklist" on "In the Company of Ogres" "Martinez's broad humor should appeal to fans of the late Douglas Adams and other contemporary authors of comic fantasy."--"Library Journal" on "In the Company of Ogres" "[A] terrific debut. . . . Fans of Douglas Adams will happily sink their teeth into this combo platter of raunchy laughs and ectoplasmic ecstasy."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "Gil's All Fright Diner""Do you know a young man twelve to seventeen years old who hates reading? Then this is the book for him!"--"Voices of Youth Advocates "on "Gil's All Fright Diner""Can a vampire find true love with a ghost? Can a teenage witch open the gates of Hell? Anything can happen in Martinez's wacky debut."--Charlaine Harris, bestselling author of "Dead to the World "on" Gil's All Fright Diner"  Be the first to write a customer review
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