
This graphic novel, the third in the New York Times bestselling 'The Adventure Zone' series, continues the hilarious and action-packed adventures of Taako, Magnus, and Merle. Based on the popular Dungeons & Dragons actual-play podcast, this installment sees the trio working for the Bureau of Balance to recover a powerful Grand Relic from a master thief known as The Raven. The quest leads them into a thrilling, high-stakes battle wagon race. It's a perfect blend of fantasy, humor, and teamwork, ideal for late elementary and middle school readers who enjoy graphic novels, D&D, or just a good adventure story.
START YOUR ENGINES, friends, Clint McElroy and sons Griffin, Justin, and Travis hit the road again with Taako, Magnus and Merle, the beloved agents of chaos from the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novels illustrated by Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins and The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited. Our boys have gone full-time at the Bureau of Balance, and their next assignment is a real thorny one: apprehending The Raven, a master thief who’s tapped into the power of a Grand Relic to ransack the city of Goldcliff. Local life-saver Lieutenant Hurley pulls them out of the woods, only to throw them headlong into the world of battle wagon racing, Goldcliff’s favorite high-stakes low-legality sport and The Raven’s chosen battlefield. Will the boys and Hurley be able to reclaim the Relic and pull The Raven back from the brink, or will they get lost in the weeds? Based on the beloved blockbuster podcast where three brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG in real time, The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal has it all: blossoming new friendships, pining for outlaw lovers, and a rollicking race you can root for!