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A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett Squib Moreau does what he can to survive, trying not to break the heart of his saintly single mother. He s finally decided to work for a shady smuggler–but on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by a crooked constable.

Regence Hooke is not just a dirty cop, he s a despicable human being–who happens to want Squib s momma in the worst way. When Hooke goes after his hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself airlifted from certain death by…a dragon?

The swamp can make strange bedfellows, and rather than be fried alive so the dragon can keep his secret, Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as his go-between (aka familiar)–fetch his vodka, keep him company, etc.–in exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three of them are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation. There s about to be a fiery reckoning, in which either dragons finally go extinct–or Vern s glory days are back.

A triumphant return to the genre-bending fantasy that Eoin Colfer is so well known for, Highfire is an effortlessly clever and relentlessly funny tour-de-force of comedy and action.