English language
Published April 17, 2010 by Little, Brown.
The Thin Executioner
by Darren Shan
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In a nation of warriors where weakness is shunned and all crimes, no matter how minor, are punishable by beheading, young Jebel Rum, along with a slave who is fated to be sacrificed, sets forth on a quest to petition the Fire God for invincibility, but when the long and arduous journey is over, Jebel has learned much about fairness and the value of life.
Subjects
- Voyages and travels -- Fiction
- Executions and executioners -- Fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction