Nine Goblins
A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief
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Publisher Description
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a tale of low fantasy and high mischief.
No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing, henhouse-raiding, obnoxious, rude, and violent. Goblins would actually agree with all this, and might throw in “cowardly” and “lazy” too for good measure.
But goblins don't go around killing people for fun, no matter what the propaganda posters say. And when a confrontation with an evil wizard lands a troop of nine goblins deep behind enemy lines, goblin sergeant Nessilka must figure out how to keep her hapless band together and get them home in one piece.
Unfortunately, between them and safety lies a forest full of elves, trolls, monsters, and that most terrifying of creatures…a human being.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment meets All Creatures Great and Small in this quirky novella from Nebula and Hugo award winner Kingfisher (Hemlock & Silver), originally self-published in 2013. The Nineteenth Infantry of the Goblin Army, also called the Whinin' Niners, are not exactly a crack team. Led by Sergeant Nessilka, their slogan is, "Too dumb to desert. Too smart to die." When they face off with a wizard mid-battle, he transports the squadron deep behind enemy lines. The hapless band aren't well equipped to make it back to Goblinhome without being caught—especially not when one of them is kidnapped by perpetually exhausted elf Sings-to-Trees, a magical animal veterinarian. Elves and goblins are technically at war with each other, and with humans, but Sings-to-Trees is more interested in tending to trolls than fighting. Meanwhile, all the humans (and their farm animals) in the area are mysteriously absent, having followed a strange siren call, the source of which the Whinin' Niners and Sings-to-Trees must band together to defeat before it gets them too. Though the uneven pacing marks this as one of Kingfisher's early works, her trademark humor is on full display. Fans will have fun delving into the archive.
