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Highfire

An absolutely thrilling, addictive, explosive page-turning fantasy adventure

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Highfire

Von: Eoin Colfer
Gesprochen von: Johnny Heller
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 From the internationally bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series: Eoin Colfer's first adult fantasy novel is a hilarious, high-octane adventure about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who's been hiding out from the world - and potential torch-carrying mobs - in a Louisiana bayou . . . until his 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.

Squib Moreau may be swamp-wild, but his intentions are (generally) good: he really 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 . . .

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.

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 . . .

For Squib Moreau, Regence Hooke and Vern, aka Lord Highfire of Highfire Eyrie, life is never going to be the same again.

HIGHFIRE: A triumphant genre-bending tour-de-force of comedy and action by the million-copy-selling master storyteller

(p) 2019 HarperCollins Audio©2020 Eoin Colfer Action & Abenteuer Fantasy Humor Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Zeitgenössische Fantasy

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A funny, offbeat adult fantasy novel
A dazzling first adult novel from bestselling children's author Colfer
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
It's a heady caper with elements of southern gothic, urban fantasy and airport thriller. The exotic swelter of the American South is playfully conjured, while Vern's unlikely friendship with a poor Cajun teenager called "Squib" Moreau gives a rich, emotive underpinning to the vivid action sequences... Colfer has served up a stomping, flamespurting romp sure to delight fantasy fans whose passion for dragons somehow survived Game of Thrones and its dreadful denouement
A briskly entertaining outing . . . With this satisfying and at times hugely joyous novel, Colfer is, like his engaging scaly protagonist, cooking on gas
A romp fuelled by great characters
A high-velocity action-adventure . . . The hilarious, violent and pop culture-packed tale blends the lavishly fantastical with the amazingly realistic - awesome in the truest sense of the word
Very engaging. It's messy, it's weird, it's funny
With plenty of smart-ass humour, Highfire is a fine genre-bending yarn few would fail to enjoy
A fun, unusual contemporary fantasy that doesn't skimp on violence
A twisty, tongue-in-cheek fantasy that's part thriller, part action movie, and wholly irreverent. . . . Colfer's catchy narrative voice suits the characters and their setting perfectly, capturing Vern's world-weary nature, Squib's youthful adaptability, and Hooke's malicious cunning. This no-holds-barred yarn is good fun from start to finish
Colfer has come up with something new here, a real genre-blending treat, and I applaud him for it
Having grown up reading the Artemis Fowl books and absolutely loving them, I just had to read Eoin's first adult fantasy book and it did not disappoint! . . . This book is dark, brutal and violent at times, but also filled with hope and finding where you belong.
Hilarious and suspenseful . . . Highfire is funny, menacing and unlike anything else I've read recently
Witty, well-developed characters, action, and fantastic violence from the author of the Artemis Fowl series will appeal to a wide range of readers
A delightfully funny page-turner
Highly recommend
Brilliant . . . I highly recommend you read Highfire, it's the dragon tale I never knew I needed
Fun, interesting and entertaining . . . truly an amazing read
Charming characters, lots of action and ridiculous conversations made this a hugely enjoyable read
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I habe to admit it took me quite a while to get into the sang, even though I thought until this book my english was pretty good... Having the whisperthing helped me a lot and I ended up reading quite a lot in parallel to listening as I am totally not used to that kind of slang.
The narrator did a good job distinguishing the different characters. However, I did not like the sound of his voice so much as to give him 5 stars, there are better ones out there

And yes, the language is very violent, maybe a good thing I did not get all the references after all? But it was so overloaded with it that it was a bit like one of those blood splatter films that you can only laugh about it, so I did not really find it offending but rather „educating“ to learn all those words I would otherwise be ignorant of.


The story was really unique and very worth the reading/listening, I had to finish during the whole weekend. Had very touching and sad and even more often funny situations, that at the end I wish there was a sequel!!!

Difficult but funny for a non-native speaker

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Violence, humor and the last dragon in the world trying to keep under the radar.

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