<p><b>'A joyous fantasy for grownups' Guardian</b><br> <b><br> 'A funny, offbeat adult fantasy novel' <i>Independent</i><br> <br> 'A dazzling first adult novel from bestselling children's author Colfer' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br> <br> <b><i>Highfire</i> is a</b> <b>genre-bending tour-de-force of comedy and action by the million-copy-selling master storyteller.</b><br> <br> Squib Moreau may be swamp-wild, but his intentions are (generally) good: he <i>really</i> wants to be a supportive son to his hard-working momma Elodie. But sometimes life gets in the way - like when Fake Daddy walked out on them leaving a ton of debt, or when crooked Constable Regence Hooke got to thinking pretty Elodie Moreau was just the gal for him . . .<br> <br> An apprenticeship with the local moonshine runner, servicing the bayou, looks like the only way to pay off the family debts and maybe get Squib and his momma a place in town, far from Constable Hooke's unwanted courtship and Fake Daddy's reputation.<br> <br> Unfortunately for Squib, Hooke has his own eye on that very same stretch of bayou - and neither of them have taken into account the fire-breathing dragon hiding out in the Louisiana swamp . . .<br> <br> <b>For Squib Moreau, Regence Hooke and Vern, aka Lord Highfire of Highfire Eyrie, life is never going to be the same again.</b><br> <br> 'Told in crunchy prose, with lashings of earthy dialogue, it reads like an Elmore Leonard Thriller, but with dragons . . . Colfer clearly had a blast writing this, and his sheer storytelling panache brushes aside the quibbles of fantasy-genre agnostics with infectious glee' <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br> <br> <b>From the internationally bestselling author of the <i>Artemis Fowl</i> series: Eoin Colfer's first adult fantasy novel is a hilarious, high-octane adventure about a vodka-drinking, <i>Flashdance-</i>loving dragon who's been hiding out from the world - and potential torch-carrying mobs - in a Louisiana bayou . . . until h</b><b>is peaceful world's turned upside down by a well-intentioned but wild Cajun tearaway and the crooked (and heavily armed) law officer who wants him dead.</b></p>