In the Company of Ogres (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780765315472)

An uproarious new novel in the tradition of Robert Asprin and Terry Pratchett

For someone who's immortal, Never Dead Ned manages to die with alarming frequency--he just has the annoying habit of rising from the grave. But this soldier might be better dead than face his latest assignment.

Ogre Company is the legion's dumping ground--a motley, undisciplined group of monsters whose leaders tend to die under somewhat questionable circumstances. That's where Ned's rather unique talents come in. As Ogre Company's newly appointed commander, Ned finds himself in charge of such fine examples of military prowess as a moonstruck Amazon, a very big (and very polite) two-headed ogre, a seductively scaly siren, a blind oracle who can hear (and smell) the future, a suicidal goblin daredevil pilot, a walking tree with a chip on its shoulder, and a suspiciously goblinesque orc.
Ned has only six months to whip the Ogre Company into shape or face an even more hideous assignment, but that's not the worst of his problems. Because now that Ned has found out why he keeps returning from dead, he has to do everything he can to stay alive. . . .

In the Company of Ogres does for fantasy, what A. Lee Martinez's previous novel, Gil's All Fright Diner, did for horror--and elves and goblins may never be the same

Author: A. Lee Martinez
ISBN-10: 0765315475
ISBN-13: 9780765315472
Publisher: Tor Books
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2006
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/15/2006 pg. 77
Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 77
Booklist 08/01/2006 pg. 57
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2006 pg. 446 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed