А Мартинес: In the Company of Ogres
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Жанр : Фэнтези , Язык : en
An uproarious new novel in the tradition of Robert Asprin and Terry Pratchett!
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 be better dead than face his latest 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 the 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 dead, he has to do everything he can to stay alive. .
In the Company of Ogres does for fantasy, what A. Lee Martinez s previous novel, Gil s All Fright Diner, did for horror-and elves and goblins may never be the same!