"Part farce, part parody, Hines' rip-roaring narrative has us cheering the highly sympathetic Jig on to victory." —Booklist
"The characterizations are wonderful. Hines is a phenomenal worldbuilder...not only inventive and funny, his people and his world are convincing. That's magic of the most powerful king." —SF Site
"The mixture of heroism and buffoonery put the Goblin series into a fantasy class of its own." —SF Revu