{"id":8762,"date":"2013-07-24T22:27:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8762"},"modified":"2013-07-24T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T02:27:10","slug":"hard-copy-reason-for-dragons-from-archaia-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8762","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: Reason for Dragons from Archaia Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wendell lives a lonely, suburban existence, losing himself in book<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Front_Cover_The_Reason_for_Dragons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8763\" alt=\"Front_Cover_The_Reason_for_Dragons\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Front_Cover_The_Reason_for_Dragons.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"890\" \/><\/a>s in order to<br \/>\navoid his motorcycle-driving stepfather, Ted. When the school bullies convince<br \/>\nWendell to venture into the forest around their neighborhood and explore the<br \/>\nlong-abandoned Renaissance Fair grounds they all believe to be haunted, Wendell<br \/>\nis surprised to find a man living in the barn\u2014and even more surprised by the man<br \/>\nhimself. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Believing himself to be a medieval knight named Sir Habaersham tasked<br \/>\nwith the duty of slaying the dragon he insists is wandering the woods, Wendell\u2019s<br \/>\nnew acquaintance seems the definition of crackpot. But when Wendell starts<br \/>\nhearing rumblings\u2014and listening to Habaersham\u2019s stories\u2014he starts to wonder if<br \/>\nperhaps it could all be true. In a heartfelt coming-of-age story, Wendell must<br \/>\ndefy logic in order to follow his heart\u2026and face the dragon of the<br \/>\nforest!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Graphic Novel Hardcover<br \/>\nPage Count:<\/strong>\u00a0128 pages<br \/>\n<strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0hardcover, 6.625\u201d x 10.25\u201d, full<br \/>\ncolor<br \/>\n<strong>Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Fantasy<br \/>\n<strong>Ship Date:\u00a0<\/strong>July 24<br \/>\nin comic shops, August 6 wherever books are sold<br \/>\n<strong>Written by<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Northrop<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrated by<\/strong>\u00a0Jeff Stokely<br \/>\n<strong>Cover by<\/strong>\u00a0Jeff Stokely<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0T \u2013 TEEN (12 and up, may contain mild violence or mild profanity)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendell lives a lonely, suburban existence, losing himself in books in order to avoid his motorcycle-driving stepfather, Ted. When the school bullies convince Wendell to venture into the forest around their neighborhood and explore the long-abandoned Renaissance Fair grounds they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=8762\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1427,2340,2869,2573,641,29,2341,2342],"class_list":["post-8762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-archaia-books","tag-chris-northrop","tag-coming-of-age","tag-dragon","tag-fantasy","tag-graphic-novel","tag-jeff-stokely","tag-the-reason-for-dragons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8764,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8762\/revisions\/8764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}