A new comedic fantasy novel from Tom Holt, one of the most entertaining and inventive voices in the genre.

An Orc on the Wild Side is the latest comic masterpiece from one of the funniest writers in fantasy.Winter is coming, so why not get away from it all?Being the Dark Lord and Prince of Evil is not as much fun as it sounds, particularly if you are a basically decent person. King Mordak is just such a person. Technically he's more goblin than person, but the point is that he is really keen to be a lot less despicable than his predeces...

An alien race of dogs attempts to destroy Earth because humans are playing their music too loud in this hilarious science fiction romp." Blonde Bombshell is a clever, funny, tirelessly inventive, apocalyptic leg-hump of a book. Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams." —Christopher Moore, New York Times– bestselling author

All is not well with the universe -- cutbacks have taken their toll, and the sun is dirty and late, thanks to being 30 billion miles overdue on its next service. None of the committees can agree on anything, and extreme measures seem called for.

A thief from Ali Baba's tale tires of being the bad guy and escapes to reality in this humorous fantasy by the author of The Portable Door .There was something wrong! Just as the boiling water was about to be poured on his head and the man with the red book appeared and his life flashed before his eyes, Akram the Terrible, the most feared thief in Baghdad, knew this had happened before. Many times. And he was damned if he...

The management buy-out of Hell wasn't going quite as well as had been hoped. For a start, there had been that nasty business with the perjurors, and then came the news that the Most Wanted Man in History had escaped, and all just as the plans for the new theme park, EuroBosch, were underway.

In this "genuinely funny" ( Kirkus Reviews ) fantasy, a reluctant hero is drawn into a conflict against the Gods reasserting their authority over humanity.Being a hero bothers Jason Derry. It's easy to get maladjusted when your mom's a suburban housewife and your dad's the Supreme Being. It can be a real drag slaying monsters and retrieving golden fleeces from fire-spitting dragons, and then having to tidy your room before...

While the gods are in retirement, one of the next generation plots a takeover of the world in this humorous British novel.This is a comedy set in the Sunnyvoyde Residential Home for retired deities. Wagner got it wrong. The Twilight of the Gods isn't really that cataclysmic. After all, there's a comfy chair, a welcoming fire and three meals a day.But everlasting life can be a real drag when all you've got to look forward to is cauliflower cheese on Wednesda...

Fifteen hundred years have passed and the Holy Grail is still missing, presumed ineffable. The knights have dumped the quest and now deliver pizzas, while the sinister financial services of the lost kingdom of Atlantis threatens the universe with fiscal Armageddon.

A mild-mannered Englishman is hurdled into a world of mythological monsters and very real dangers in this classic humorous fantasy."Recalls both Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Twain's Connecticut Yankee. . . . An entertaining romp!" — Publishers WeeklyAll Malcolm Fisher did was run over a badger. Unfortunately, the badger tur...

Trouble arises for a dragon living as a British real estate agent when her father arrives for a visit in this humorous fantasy.There are many reasons why British summers are either non-existent or, alternatively, held on a Thursday. Many of these reasons are either scientific, mad, or both-but all of them are wrong, especially the scientific ones. The real reason why it rains perpetually from January 1st to December 31st is, of course, irritable Chinese Water Dragon...

When the Supreme Being and his son decide that being supreme isn't for them any more, it's inevitable that things get a bit of a shake-up.It soon becomes apparent that our new owners, the Venturi brothers, have a very different perspective on all sorts of things. Take Good and Evil, for example. For them, it's an outdated concept that never worked particularly well in the first place.Unfortunately, the sudden disappearance of right and wrong, while welcomed by some, raises ...