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The Thin Executioner - by Darren Shan (Paperback)

The Thin Executioner - by  Darren Shan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. With his father soon retiring, Jebel treks to the faraway home of a legendary fire god to beg for inhuman powers --and become the most lethal of men. It will be a dark and brutal journey filled with lynch mobs, suicide cults, terrible monsters, and monstrous men.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In a kingdom of merciless tyrants, Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. But Rashed Rum is near retirement. And when he goes, there will be a contest to determine his successor. It is a contest that thin, puny Jebel has no chance of winning. <p/>Humiliated and ashamed, Jebel sets out on a quest to the faraway home of a legendary fire god to beg for inhuman powers so that he can become the most lethal of men. He must take with him a slave, named Tel Hesani, to be sacrificed to the god. It will be a dark and brutal journey filled with lynch mobs, suicide cults, terrible monsters, and worse, monstrous men. But to Jebel, the risk is worth it. <p/>To retrieve his honor . . .<br>To wield unimaginable power . . .<br>To become . . .<br>The thin executioner. <p/>Inspired by <i>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i>, international bestselling master of horror Darren Shan takes readers on a thrilling, fast-paced journey into a nightmarish world where compassion and kindness are the greatest crimes of all.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Darren Shan</b> is the bestselling author of the young adult series Cirque Du Freak, The Demonata, and the Saga of Larten Crepsley series, as well as the stand-alone book <i>The Thin Executioner</i>. His books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Shan divides his time between his homes in Ireland and London.

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