The thin executioner
Title:
The thin executioner
Author:
Shan, Darren
ISBN:
9780007315833
Publication Information:
London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2010
Physical Description:
409 p. ; 23 cm
Abstract:
In a nation of warriors where weakness is shunned and all crimes, no matter how minor, are punishable by beheading, young Jebel Rum, along with a slave who is fated to be sacrificed, sets forth on a quest to petition the Fire God for invincibility, but when the long and arduous journey is over, Jebel has learned much about fairness and the value of life
Subject:
| Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction |
| Executions and executioners -- Juvenile fiction |
| Slavery -- Juvenile fiction |
| Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Fantasy fiction |
| Young adult fiction |
Summary:
In a nation of warriors where weakness is shunned and all crimes, no matter how minor, are punishable by beheading, young Jebel Rum, along with a slave who is fated to be sacrificed, sets forth on a quest to petition the Fire God for invincibility, but when the long and arduous journey is over, Jebel has learned much about fairness and the value of life