In the enchanted but corrupt city of Turai, portly private eye Thraxas, aided by Makri, an axe-wielding barmaid with Orcish blood, is hired by a princess on a cas ethat leads him from the sewers of Turai to the royal palace, in the first American publication of the popular British fantasy series. Original.

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Thraxas (Thraxas, #1-2)

Martin Scott; James P. Baen

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

ibooks, Incorporated

Orbit

United States, United States of America

Thraxas, London, 2003, ©1999

Riverdale, N.Y, 2003

September 1, 2003

US, 2003

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Key Selling Points- Combining action and humor, Thraxas will appeal to readers of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Piers Anthony's Xanth series, Eric Flint's Philosophical Strangler novels, and Harry Turtledove's humorous fantasies, as well as anyone who thought that. The Lord of the Rings would have benefited from an occasional pie in the face.- The first Thraxas novel won the coveted World Fantasy Award and Thraxas' adventures are an international hit, having been published in France, Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. Now Americans can find out what they've been missing.- Martin Scott is the pseudonym under which Martin Millar writes his humorous fantasy adventures about Thraxas, the sybaritic overweight private eye and man of action in a fantasy world of elves, Orcs, and mean streets. Under his own name, he has written many highly praised mainstream novels.- The Guardian called his newest novel, Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me, "brilliant, " and the London Times raved that it is one of the few "great rock novels." Millar has been compared to Kurt Vonnegut and Armistead Maupin, and The Edinburgh Times calls him "one of Britain's most gifted underground writers."

Thraxas, a new star of comic fantasy, is born.Welcome to the magical city of Turai. You might not like it here, however. For in Turai, the only people more corrupt than the politicians are the royal family, and murder and mayhem and ruthless criminal brotherhoods reign. With the civic guards incapable of keeping order, it’s left to men like Thraxas to do what they can. The city needs men of steel, men of virtue and honesty and clean living. Unfortunately, Thraxas is none of the above. Running his business from lodgings above an inn in one of the seedier parts of town, Thraxas makes a living as a private investigator. Which means that he makes enough to pay the rent from time to time and enjoy the occasional glass of beer. When he is employed by the third in line to the throne, however, Thraxas believes that his luck is about to change. And indeed it does. A few hours later, he’s in a cell, accused of murder. Ooops.

In the enchanted but corrupt city of Turai, portly private eye Thraxas, aided by Makri, an axe-wielding barmaid with Orcish blood, is hired by a princess on a case that leads him from the sewers of Turai to the royal palace.

2023-02-15