
The Walrus and the Warwolf
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The acclaimed The Walrus and the Warwolf debuts as an eBook and returns to print ? Hugh Cook's most beloved novel of pirates, monsters, wizards, and wildly unpredictable adventure.
"Meet Drake Douay, as the slogan has it, and you'll never be the same again. Unlike him." ? China Miéville
"Of Hugh Cook's extraordinary, underrated, bizarre and hysterical decology, The Walrus & the Warwolf has long been a... reader favourite... The whole series urgently needs rediscovery." ? China Miéville
The king drank some more blood.
A little dripped from his lips to his leather trousers.
"You're right," said King Tor. "Those were but boyish pranks. So I'll let you off lightly. We'll have you birched in public today. You spend tonight buried to the neck in the public dungheap. Toward morning, we'll put you on a boat. Three leagues from shore, you'll be thrown overboard. That is my justice!"
Drake knew he had got a good deal. What he didn't know was that this was only the start of a long journey which would take him far from his home and his love ? and that he would have to endure far worse before either could be regained.
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Hugh Cook is the author of The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness, a ten-volume cult fantasy saga praised for its fierce originality, dark humor, and wildly inventive world-building. Blending epic adventure with biting satire, his work spans orks to ogres, wizards to pirates, magical bottles to wandering mountains. Cook's novels are known for their rich characters, interconnected stories, and fearless imagination - earning acclaim from authors such as China Miéville and Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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