Publishers Weekly
★ 07/31/2017
In Hollins’s first Dragon Lords novel, Fool’s Gold, Will Fallows failed spectacularly at his goal of keeping his farm despite a dragon’s reign of oppression but, with the help of a reluctant band of incredibly flawed adventurers, killed the dragon and settled down with his lady love, the former killer-for-hire Lette. Now Lette has left him, and a new crop of dragons from other lands is rising up to kill the gods of Will’s world and take their place. Will, hauling a load of emotional baggage but still remarkably adept at making plans, reunites with Lette and his former companions, who know a dragon-ruled world would be disastrous. This time they’ll have the dubious help of much greater, dangerous powers. Hollins’s sophomore romp is even more madcap, dark, and bloody than the first, in a world that seems to hate anyone making the slightest effort to help it. Fans of humorous fantasy will enjoy the outrageous yet cunning plot twists of this comedy with an edge sharp enough to cut dragon scales. Agent: Ed Wilson, Howard Morhaim Literary. (Sept.)
From the Publisher
"Madcap, dark, and bloody... Fans of humorous fantasy will enjoy the outrageous yet cunning plot twists of this comedy with an edge sharp enough to cut dragon scales."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Humorous and profane, False Idols tackles the dynamics of power and corruption from uniquely unglamorous angles as the core group of characters struggles to remove humanity from the grip of all masters, whether monstrous or divine."—Booklist
"Ideal for fans of humorous capers and heist stories - such as Ocean's 11, Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard Sequence series, and Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga."—Booklist on The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold
"Hollins ladles on the humor while hardly skimping on the action, the unexpected plot swerves, or the glorious feels."—B&N on The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold
"Hollins's seat-of-the-pants fantasy comedy snowballs wildly into a glorious disaster of fire, magic, multiple threats to people's intestines, and fun — for the reader, if not the characters."
—Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold
"Jon Hollins is a one of kind storyteller, a master of epic fun and nonstop action. Alas, since we both write humor-infused epic fantasy, this makes us natural enemies. Watch your back, Jon."—Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld
"A chain mail-clad, sword-swinging heist caper brimming with blood, thunder, humor and heart."—Dale Lucas on The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold
