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. 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. There's about to be a fiery reckoning, in which either dragons finally go extinct-or Vern's glory days are back.'-Provided by publisher.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. Soon the three of them are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation.

He can act as his go-between (aka familiar)-fetch his vodka, keep him company, etc.-in exchange for protection from Hooke. 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. 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. He's finally decided to work for a shady smuggler-but on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by a crooked constable. Or are they? 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. Still, no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core.

He is the last of his kind, the last dragon. However.he has survived, unlike the rest. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie-now he goes by Vern. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. 'In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs-now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner.

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