The Thin Executioner

by Darren Shan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316078654
• ISBN13: 9780316078658
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12