Новинки Кристофера Хили

Вы же помните, как четверо Прекрасных Принцев лихо избавили мир от злющей колдуньи? Правда, отчего-то популярности им это не прибавило, да и душевного равновесия тоже. Если честно, Лиам, Фредерик, Густав и Дункан совсем запутались и приуныли: у кого личная жизнь не клеится, у кого книга не пишется, над кем семейство потешается… Ну и так далее. Самое время Принцам вспомнить, что они герои и снова победить какого-нибудь злодея. При этом желательно добыть какое-нибудь сокровище — например, Меч Эринтии. В роли злодея для начала готова выступить… принцесса Шиповничек! А по ходу дела подтянутся Разбойничий Король, свирепый диктатор, огромный змей…

Что нам известно о Прекрасных Принцах? Тех самых — из сказок о Золушке, Белоснежке, Спящей Красавице и Рапунцель. Мы-то всегда считали их отважными красавцами с чудесным характером. В действительности, один из Принцев боязлив, другой грубоват, третий тщеславен, а четвёртый вообще слегка не в себе. Оживить Белоснежку или жениться на Золушке — дело нехитрое. А вот спасти королевство от злой колдуньи, когда кругом кишмя кишат разбойники, драконы и гоблины, — задача посложнее. Но Фредерик, Густав, Лиам и Дункан сумеют доказать, что не зря воспеты в балладах. В конце концов, на то они и Прекрасные Принцы!

The League of Princes returns in the hilariously epic conclusion to the hit series that began with Christopher Healy's The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, which the Los Angeles Times called "one of the more clever, hilariously successful incarnations of the current literary rage to rip apart and rewrite fairy tales." Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You think you know those guys pretty well by now, don't you? Well, think again. Posters plastered across the thirteen kingdoms are saying that Briar Rose has been murdered - and the four Princes Charming are the prime suspects. Now they're on the run in a…

The third book in this fast-paced and hilarious fantasy quest in the grand tradition of Shrek and The Princess Bride, starring four very unlikely, but likeable, heroes.
Prince Liam. Prince Frederick. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav…
The four princes that have the worst luck in the world. After saving the kingdom YET AGAIN and going their separate ways, the princes are back in trouble… and this time it’s serious!
Somehow, everyone thinks they have MURDERED a princess! And with bounty hunters after them, and a dastardly scheme sure to be behind it all, the princes have to overcome their differences, reunite, and clear their names.
Oh, and save the kingdom again…

Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You remember them, don't you? They're the Princes Charming who finally got some credit after they stepped out of the shadows of their princesses - Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, and Briar Rose - to defeat an evil witch bent on destroying all their kingdoms.

But alas, such fame and recognition only last so long. And when the princes discover that an object of great power might fall into any number of wrong hands, they are going to have to once again band together to stop it from happening - even if no one will ever know it was they who did it.

Christopher Healy, author of the acclaimed The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, takes us back to the hilariously fractured fairy-tale world he created for another tale of medieval mischief. Magical gemstones, bladejaw eels, a mysterious Gray Phantom, and two maniacal warlords bent on world domination - it's all in a day's work for the League of Princes.

Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You’ve never heard of them, have you? These are the princes who saved Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel, respectively, and yet, thanks to those lousy bards who wrote the tales, you likely know them only as Prince Charming. But all of this is about to change.

Rejected by their princesses and cast out of their castles, the princes stumble upon an evil plot that could endanger each of their kingdoms. Now it’s up to them to triumph over their various shortcomings, take on trolls, bandits, dragons, witches, and other assorted terrors, and become the heroes no one ever thought they could be.

Christopher Healy’s Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom is a completely original take on the world of fairy tales, the truth about what happens after “happily ever after.” It’s a must-have for middle grade readers who enjoy their fantasy adventures mixed with the humor of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Witty black-and-white drawings by Todd Harris add to the fun.