Grim and Grimmer: the desperate dwarf

Ian Irvine (author)

Omnibus, Scholastic, Australia: March 2011

ISBN: 9781862918603

Genres: adventure, fantasy

Issues: friendship, identity

Having saved Gobbeloon from the Nightmare Queen and earned the potion that will lead them to the Book of Grimmery, Ike and Nellie's quest is beset by even more manic misadventures than ever before.

Pook, whom Ike rescued from Emajicka, is full of tall tales about his abilities and achievements – as well as an almost demented determination to rescue the rest of the Taken Children – but occasionally there is a grain of useful truth in his endless stories. Ike knows he must work with Mellie to find the Book but is torn by his responsibility to those tormented by the Nightmare Queen and his own discover who betrayed his parents.

When Mellie steals the unluckiest charm in Wychwold, not to mention thieving from the Demon King himself, Ike is sure that their quest is cursed. Can they possibly outwit the cunning dwarves in order to retrieve the Book, evade the Queen's trap, and find the Headless Highwayman's noggin?

Another wildly chaotic, hilariously crazy fantasy adventure from Ian Irvine, The Desperate Dwarf sees Ike learning more about himself and Mellie becoming even more ambitious in her attempts to become a Master Thief.

Great fun.

Series: The Headless Highwayman; The Grasping Goblin