Early Reviewers

Deep in the bayous of Louisiana lives a hermit dragon, the last of his kind. Once known as Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie, he now simply goes by the name Vern. Isolated and ornery, he spends his days in a fishing shack taking what distraction he can from vodka and Netflix while hiding from humanity. Enter Everett “Squib” Moreau, a fifteen-year-old troublemaker with a heart of tarnished gold who just wants to save his mother from the unwanted attentions of a crooked lawman, and maybe make a quick buck while he’s at it. When their paths collide in the crosshairs of Constable Regence Hooke’s psychotic sights, Vern and Squib find themselves caught up in an adventure that could finally lead to the extinction of dragon kind. A triumphant return to the genre-bending fantasy that Colfer is so well known for, Highfire takes the reader along for the incendiary ride with Vern, Squib, and an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, through side-splitting hijinks and tension-filled firefights, from the swamps of the Pearl River to the drug dens of New Orleans. Effortlessly clever and relentlessly funny, Highfire stands as a tour-de-force of comedy and action, with the fantastical flare that Colfer’s fans know and love.