By Darren Shan
ISBN-10: 0316078654
ISBN-13: 9780316078658
In a country of cruel tyrants, Jebel Rum's relations is venerated as royalty simply because his father is the executioner. yet Rashed Rum is close to retirement. And whilst he is going, there'll be a competition to figure out his successor. it's a contest that skinny, puny Jebel has no probability of winning.
Humiliated and ashamed, Jebel units out on a quest to the far off domestic of a mythical hearth god to beg for inhuman powers in order that he can develop into the main deadly of guys. He needs to take with him a slave, named Tel Hesani, to be sacrificed to the god. it will likely be a dismal and brutal trip jam-packed with lynch mobs, suicide cults, poor monsters, and worse, titanic males. yet to Jebel, the chance is worthy it.
To retrieve his honor . . .
To wield unbelievable strength . . .
To turn into . . .
The skinny executioner.
Inspired through Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, overseas bestselling grasp of horror Darren Shan takes readers on an exhilarating, fast paced trip right into a nightmarish global the place compassion and kindness are the best crimes of all.
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But if he betrays me…” Jebel looked at the children and drew a finger across his throat. “So be it,” Tel Hesani said quietly. ” “Immediately,” said J’An. “You’ll accompany Jebel to the high lord’s palace. It’s best if I don’t come. I’ll go instead to see Rashed and tell him of your deal. ” Tel Hesani pushed himself away from the table, stood, and pointed to the doorway. “Will you wait outside? ” J’An Nasrim put his hands together and bowed. A reluctant Jebel did the same. Then the pair withdrew, leaving Tel Hesani to bid farewell to the wife and children he would never see again after that night.
I think you’re mad, but on your head be it. You’re old enough to waste your life if you wish. ” “I need a slave,” Jebel said once more. “I think I can get the permission of the high lord to quest, but I have no one to sacrifice. ” J’An Nasrim nodded. “That’s one of the problems with questing to Tubaygat. I’m sure you’re not the first to struggle with it. Of course, it doesn’t have to be a slave. ” “Then a slave it must be. You know nothing of the world, so you need someone who has traveled and fought, a man of experience and honor, who won’t swear to serve you faithfully then slice your throat open once he’s safely out of Abu Aineh.
I’d like to see you married. You’re not ugly, except when you cry. ” He wiped tears from her face and smiled. “Buy fancy clothes if I don’t return, and try not to cry so much. ” Jebel stepped back from Bastina and smiled sheepishly at Tel Hesani. The slave looked at Jebel neutrally, awaiting his command. “Well,” Jebel said uncertainly, “I guess we’d better take your family to my father’s house and—” “Bas said that she would take us,” Murasa interrupted. “I told her you would be in a hurry to leave.
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