The Thin Executioner - by Darren Shan (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

"Shan leaves ... no head unsevered" in this coming of age fantasy ... "a gripping, enveloping adventure about, of all things, the power of kindness" (Booklist).

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.

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.

To retrieve his honor ...

To wield unimaginable power ...

To become ...

The thin executioner

Inspired by the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 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.

About the Author

Darren Shan 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 The Thin Executioner. His books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Shan divides his time between his homes in Ireland and London.