{"product_id":"highfire","title":"Highfire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs; now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his La-Z-Boy recliner. Wyvern, Lord Highfire, of the Highfire Eyrie, who once struck fear in hearts far and wide, is reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binge-watching Netflix in a fishing shack. He is the last of his kind, the last dragon, yet no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVern’s glory days are long gone—or are they? A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett “Squib” Moreau does what he can to survive. He’s finally decided to work for a shady smuggler—but on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by crooked constable Regence Hooke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Hooke goes after his hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself most unexpectedly rescued by a real live dragon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe swamp can make strange bedfellows, and Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as Vern’s go-between in exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation in which dragons either finally become extinct—or Vern’s glory days are back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eoin Colfer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47772664102966,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/9814\/3542\/files\/81DWn7ga8-L._SL1500.avif?v=1789674573","url":"https:\/\/peabodybookemporium.com\/products\/highfire","provider":"Peabody Book Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}