A boy discovers his destiny could totally stink in this riotously
funny fantasy-adventure
Risk-averse Greg Belmont is content with being ordinary. He's got a
friend--that's right, just one--at his fancy prep school, and a pretty
cool dad (even if he is obsessed with organic soaps that smell like a
mix of salted pork and Icelandic bog). The problem is, Greg isn't
ordinary . . . he's actually an honest-to-goodness, fantastical Dwarf!
He discovers the truth the day his dad brings home a gross new tea--one
that awakens bizarre abilities in Greg. Then a murderous Bro-Troll
kidnaps his dad and Greg is whisked away to the Underground, where
Dwarves have lived for centuries right beneath the streets of Chicago.
With the help of some awesome new friends and a talking ax, Greg learns
all about the history of the Dwarves, which has been marked with tales
of epic failure since the dawn of time. However, the return of the magic
they once wielded means big changes are afoot, escalating tensions with
the Dwarves' sworn enemy: the Elves.
Brimming with humor and action, Chris Rylander's The Legend of Greg
turns dwarf lore on its head, delivering an adventure readers won't be
able to resist.