![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even fans of the genre can get very picky as to what works and what doesn't in the latest offering from their favourite author. Humour being what it is-highly personal but liable to be hit-and-miss-not every exponent of comic fantasy is going to tickle the funny-bone of each and every reader. As it turns out Jennifer is predisposed to take the side of the dragon, which is rather awkward: she is the one chosen to succeed the official dragon-slayer when all she wants to be is a dragon-sayer.As much as any genre but possibly more so, comic fantasy is a troublesome literature. Sensitives all over the Kingdom of Hereford and beyond are getting premonitions that the demise of the last ever dragon Maltcassion is imminent, and citizens and mega-corporations alike (Consolidated Useful Stuff in particular) are planning to stake claims in the deceased dragon's land. We spoke on the phone.'He looked me up and down.'You seem a bit young to be running an agency.''Indentured servitude,' I answered brightly, trying to sidestep the contempt that most free citizens had for people like me.Jennifer is barely sixteen, a foundling destined to play a pivotal part in the history of a corner of England that is nearly Wales. ![]() 'Mr Digby? My name is Jennifer Strange of Kazam, acting manager for Mr Zambini. ![]()
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