From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a novella of low fantasy and high mischief.

A funny cosy fantasy novella, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Thornhedge.

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, despite a path filled with elves, trolls, monsters, and that most terrifying of creatures...a human being.

About the Author
T. Kingfisher is the vaguely absurd pen name author Ursula Vernon uses when writing for adults. As Kingfisher, she has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Dragon Awards, including the Hugo for Best Novel for her book Nettle & Bone. When she is not writing, she is probably out in the garden, trying to make eye contact with butterflies.

Reviews

Praise for T. Kingfisher

The comedy that goblins deserve! A spry, plucky book about a band of goblins who want what we all do: to slack off without getting executed or ingested. What's more relatable than that?
-John Wiswell, award-winning author of Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Such a pleasure to read.
-The New York Times

Kingfisher never fails to dazzle.
-Peter S. Beagle, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author of The Last Unicorn

Kingfisher is a master.
-Travis Baldree, New York Times bestselling author of Legends & Lattes

Refreshing . . . a true comfort read.
-The Washington Post

Absolutely delightful and full of charm and truth.
-Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education and Uprooted

The natural and inevitable heir to the greats of her genre.
-Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway

Immensely charming, unexpected, full of heart.
-Katherine Arden, bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale

An absolute joy....Kingfisher is endlessly inventive.
-K.J. Charles, author of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

T. Kingfisher's delicate, bittersweet style of fantasy is like nothing else on shelves at the moment.
-Paste

Tucking into a T. Kingfisher book feels like coming home . . . familiar, spectacular, and utterly surprising.
-Vulture

Book Information
ISBN 9781835416525
Author T. Kingfisher
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Titan Books Ltd
Publisher Titan Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 255g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 55mm