'As you'd expect from Holt, Blonde Bombshell is rife with puns, complicated setups for ridiculous gags, and a riveting story that is completely implausible.' - Booklist'BLONDE BOMBSHELL is a clever, funny, tirelessly inventive, apocalyptic leg-hump of a book. Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams' - Christopher MooreA heart-warming tale of Armageddon from one of the funnies...

A magical kingdom run with bureaucratic office efficiency—more or less—faces a reality altering threat in his fantasy comedy.A happy workforce, it is said, is a productive workforce.Mmmm.Try telling that to an army of belligerent goblins. Or the Big Bad Wolf. Or a professional dragons layer. Who is looking after their well-being? Who gives a damn about their intolerable working conditions, lack of adequate health insurance, and terrible coffee in the cantee...

'Wry and droll, fascinating and funny, by bringing us Alexander's nether parts this novel gives momentous matters unforgettable life' - Ross Leckie'Witty, ironic ... and achieves a deeply felt authenticity' - New York TimesTwo thousand, seven hundred and seventy-six years ago a group of men ran between two piles of stones, and invented sport. If, that is, its history can be believed.The first ever Olympic Games in ...

Human hackers cause chaos in Fairyland after fiddling with the wicked queen's computer in this humorous fantasy by the author of Expecting Someone Taller ."Uniquely twisted . . . cracking gags." ― The Guardian (UK)Once upon a time, everything was fine. Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall, Jack and Jill went about their lawful business, the Big Bad Wolf did wha...

Visitors flock to an Iowa lake where a ghost allegedly will offer up your heart's desire in this contemporary comic fantasy.It was a busy day on Lake Chicopee, where an eclectic bunch of sightseers and tourists had the strange local residents rubbing their hands with delight. Among them was a young man from England, who was there because he knew about the legend of the ghost of Okeewana and what she promised. Just immerse yourself in the waters of the lake and recei...

When Kayaguchiya Integrated Circuits III, a genie, is released from the aspirin bottle he's been stuck in for 14 years, there's bound to be trouble. Jane had wanted to end her life in peace, but now she's got a genie, things look up -- until the apocalypse rears its ugly head.

In this "genuinely funny" ( Kirkus Reviews ) fantasy, a reluctant hero is drawn into a conflict against the Gods reasserting their authority over humanity.Being a hero bothers Jason Derry. It's easy to get maladjusted when your mom's a suburban housewife and your dad's the Supreme Being. It can be a real drag slaying monsters and retrieving golden fleeces from fire-spitting dragons, and then having to tidy your room before...

An accountant hunts for an immortal ship captain to stop him from cashing in an insurance policy that could bankrupt Britain in this humorous fantasy.Vanderdecker knows quite well the problems drinking can get you into. The ordinary Dutch sea captain and his crew took one swig from the wrong bottle, turned immortal, and have since been circling the globe for four hundred years learning to cope with stinky side effects.Meanwhile, an ancient insurance policy ...

A thief from Ali Baba's tale tires of being the bad guy and escapes to reality in this humorous fantasy by the author of The Portable Door .There was something wrong! Just as the boiling water was about to be poured on his head and the man with the red book appeared and his life flashed before his eyes, Akram the Terrible, the most feared thief in Baghdad, knew this had happened before. Many times. And he was damned if he...

All is not well with the universe -- cutbacks have taken their toll, and the sun is dirty and late, thanks to being 30 billion miles overdue on its next service. None of the committees can agree on anything, and extreme measures seem called for.

Trouble arises for a dragon living as a British real estate agent when her father arrives for a visit in this humorous fantasy.There are many reasons why British summers are either non-existent or, alternatively, held on a Thursday. Many of these reasons are either scientific, mad, or both-but all of them are wrong, especially the scientific ones. The real reason why it rains perpetually from January 1st to December 31st is, of course, irritable Chinese Water Dragon...

An Australian novelist gets a little too caught up in her work in this humorous fantasy from the award-winning author of The Portable Door.This is the story of Jane who finds the novel she is working on starts to write back. She's already realized novel writing isn't such a piece of cake after all, and the world of fiction is a far more complicated place than she ever imagined . . .Perfect for fans of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett...