Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming: A Novel

ISBN: 0553354485

Author: Zelazny, Roger

Condition: New

A satire of epic proportions from the masters of comic fantasy Roger Zelazny and Robert SheckleyPeople feared, back in the Middle Ages, that the world would end with the millennium. They werent wrong. It does this every millennium, only nobody notices-except for the Forces of Good and Evil who vie for control of the universe every thousand years.Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming concerns the efforts of one Azzie Elbub, demon, to win the Millennial Evil Deeds award for the year 1000, given to the being whose acts do the most toward reshaping the world. Azzies proposal to the Powers of Dark is simple: He will create a Prince Charming and a Sleeping Beauty. In time-honored fairy-tale fashion, the prince will fight his way through numerous perils to reach the side of the spellbound princess-at which point Azzies evil twist will ensure that the Powers of Dark will win the grand prize. But even with an unlimited satanic credit card to order up any evil he needs, Azzies plan is in trouble from the beginning. . . .Zelazny and Sheckley make for a synergy thats just about unequaled in . . . fantasy humor.-Minneapolis Star Tribune