{"product_id":"outsorcerers-apprentice","title":"Outsorcerers Apprentice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Satisfying and entertaining.'' - \u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Entertaining.... Holt has a zany humor that will appeal to fans of Terry Pratchett and Christopher Moore.'' - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA HAPPY WORKFORCE, IT IS SAID, IS A PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTry  telling that to an army of belligerent goblins. Or the Big Bad Wolf. Or  a professional dragon slayer. Who is looking after their well-being?  Who gives a damn about their intolerable working conditions, lack of  adequate health insurance, and terrible coffee in the canteen?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThankfully,  with access to an astonishingly diverse workforce and limitless natural  resources, maximizing revenue and improving operating profit has never  really been an issue for the one they call ''the Wizard.'' Until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause  now a perfectly good business model-based on sound fiscal planning,  entrepreneurial flair, and only one or two of the infinite parallel  worlds that make up our universe-is about to be disrupted by a young man  not entirely aware of what''s going on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere''s  also a slight risk that the fabric of reality will be torn to shreds.  You really do have to be awfully careful with these things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of overlords, underlings and inhuman resources, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsorcerer''s Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cbr\u003ethe hilarious new novel from comic fantasist Tom Holt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooks by Tom Holt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWalled Orchard Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGoatsong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Walled Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJ.W. Wells \u0026amp; Co. 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