The Thin Executioner

By Darren Shan

Book Overview

In a kingdom of merciless tyrants, Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. But Rashed Rum is near retirement. And when he goes, there will be a contest to determine his successor. It is a contest that thin, puny Jebel has no chance of winning. Humiliated and ashamed, Jebel sets out on a quest to the faraway home of a legendary fire god to beg for inhuman powers so that he can become the most lethal of men. He must take with him a slave, named Tel Hesani, to be sacrificed to the god. It will be a dark and brutal journey filled with lynch mobs, suicide cults, terrible monsters, and worse, monstrous men. But to Jebel, the risk is worth it. To retrieve his honor . . . To wield unimaginable power . . . To become . . . The thin executioner Inspired by the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , international bestselling master of horror Darren Shan takes readers on a thrilling, fast-paced journey into a nightmarish world where compassion and kindness are the greatest crimes of all.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316078654
• ISBN13: 9780316078658
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Master of Horror, Darren Shan: the Thin Executioner.

I'm definitely gonna need some lighter reading material after this one! It got me so upset and enraged and excited all at once. The first half was pretty slow pacing and really hard to read because of the subject matter, but the second half and especially the last third of the book had a lot of action and self realizations for our characters. The ending was nice but somewhat unsatisfying for me. I'm glad Jebel ended up with who he did, but I also felt it was a bit rushed and missing something. Overall though, this was another fantastic book from the Master of Horror, Darren Shan.