Synopses & Reviews
A new stand-alone
Fables novel from award-winning and wildly acclaimed author, Bill Willingham.
This story stars Peter Piper and his incorrigible brother Max in a tale about jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Set in two distinct time periods, prepare to travel back to medieval times and learn the tragic back-story of the Piper family, a medieval-era family of traveling minstrels. Then, jump into the present to follow a tale of espionage as Peter Piper slowly hunts down his evil brother for a heinous crime, pitting Peter's talents as a master thief against Max's dark magical powers.
Based on the long-running and award-winning comic book series Fables, Peter and Max is its own tale. Readers don't have to be familiar with the comics to fully enjoy and understand this book.
Review
"Willingham writes narrative prose at least as well as comics scripts, as limpidly as Peter S. Beagle and Neil Gaiman. Unmissable, especially for lovers of fairy-tale revampings and extrapolations." Booklist
Review
"Those willing to dig past the slow start required to explain the extensive background of the author's inventive world will find an action-packed adventure built around two absolutely captivating characters." School Library Journal
Synopsis
Set in the imaginative realm of the award-winning comic book series
Fables,
Peter and Max is a standalone prose novel — the first ever published by Vertigo/DC Comics. Long ago, in the deepest dark of The Black Forest, two brothers — Peter Piper and his older brother Max — encountered ominous forces that changed them both irreparably. Thus begins an epic tale of sibling rivalry, magic, music and revenge that spans medieval times to the present day, when their deadly conflict surfaces in the placid calm of modern day Fabletown.
Peter & Max: A Fables Novel features the prose of award-winning comic book writer Bill Willingham and the lush ink drawings of Fables artist Steve Leialoha. The novel also reveals secrets of some of the regular Fables series cast members including Bigby Wolf, Frau Totenkinder and Bo Peep. Included as well is an 8-page bonus sequential story by Willingham and Leialoha that will serve as a bridge to the Fables titles.
Synopsis
Based on the long-running and award-winning comic book series "Fables, Peter & Max" spans medieval times to the present day as Peter Piper and his older brother encounter ominous forces in the deepest dark of The Black Forest.