For Two Nights Only: Contains Overtime and Grailblazers [Paperback]

Tom Holt (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 2004

Two of Tom Holt's best-loved tales are brought together in this omnibus edition. In Overtime, it all started for Guy Goodlet somewhere over Caen. One moment he was heading for the relative safety of the coast, aware that fuel was low and that the Mosquito had more than a few bullet holes in it. The next, his co-pilot was asking to be dropped off. This would have been odd if Peter had still been alive. Since he was dead, it was downright worrying. In Grailblazers, 1,500 years have passed and the Grail is still missing, presumed ineffable; the Knights have dumped the Quest and now deliver pizzas; the sinister financial services industry of the lost kingdom of Atlantis threatens the universe with fiscal Armageddon; while in the background lurks the dark, brooding, red-caped presence of Father Christmas.

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About the Author

Tom Holt is the author of such comic fantasy classics as: Expecting Someone Taller, Who's Afraid of Beowulf?, Flying Dutch, Ye Gods!, Overtime, Here Comes the Sun, Grailblazers, Faust Among Equals, Odds and Gods, Djinn Rummy, My Hero, Paint Your Dragon and Open Sesame

Product Details

• Paperback: 688 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841492671
• ISBN-13: 978-1841492674
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but one is better than two, January 24, 2010

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This review is from: For Two Nights Only: Contains Overtime and Grailblazers (Paperback)

"Overtime" tells the story of Sir John de Nesle, faithful bard to Richard Coeur de Lion. Richard has been magically imprisoned for centuries, and de Nesle, aka Blondin, has cheated death in his quest to find and release the king. In the twentieth century, Blondin enlists the help of a British fighter pilot, Guy Goodlet, who is usually well-intentioned but sometimes ineffective. Together they fight, plot, and dodge the sinister forces holding the king. The book is funny and very cleverly plotted, and the faithful love of Blondin for Richard gives it heart.

"Grailblazers" is also a clever story of knights beyond their time. These knights are the Grail Knights, sworn to find the Holy Grail, and they cannot die until their quest is fulfilled. Unfortunately, centuries have passed, the twentieth century has arrived, and not only have they not found the Grail; they don't even know what it is. Into this story steps Sir Boamund, who fell into an enchanted sleep at the height of the Age of Chivalry and has now been awakened in order to pursue the Grail Quest. Boamund will have to fight evil enchanters and a Santa Claus who is the antithesis of a "jolly old elf," but first he must extricate his fellow knights from a slothful bourgeois life. "Grailblazers" is full of amusing writing and clever plot twists, but it is marred by too heavy a reliance on insult humor. Both books are strongest in their portrayal of friendships between men and weakest on male-female relationships; unfortunately, "Grailblazers" depends more than "Overtime" on women characters, and is weaker as a result.