![]() Ichabod manages to slice off the Redcoat’s head, but not before Ichabod’s chest gets hacked open. In 1781, Revolutionary War soldier Ichabod Crane faces off against a masked Redcoat with dead-gray eyes and a bow-like scar on his hand. So, really, Fox doesn’t take nearly as many liberties with Irving’s story as it does with the book of Revelation. You may bemoan the fact that Fox based this campy actioner (at least at first) on a work of classic American literature, but let’s be honest: It’s not like Washington Irving was going for hard-core realism when he penned “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” We’re talking about a Headless Horseman here. ![]() It’s about demonic beasties, ageless ninja priests and how George Washington helped stave off the end of the world. It makes Supernatural look like a gritty docudrama and Once Upon a Time read like a history lesson. No, the folks at Fox have decided what the viewing public really wants is a headless horseman with an assault rifle.įox’s drama (and I use the term loosely) is perhaps the craziest show on television this side of History Channel’s Ancient Aliens. Enough of those pretentious cable series with their hoity-toity serial arcs. A.Forget those high-prestige dramas filled with their conflicted antiheroes and layers of subtext. John More In: Children of the Revolution, fiction, Keith R. Related Posts: The Warehouse by Rob Hart Lost You by Haylen Beck Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke The Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone Now in Paperback: Star of the North by D. He also writes short fiction, nonfiction, and comic books. DeCANDIDO is the award-winning, best-selling author of almost fifty novels, among them books in such universes as Star Trek, Supernatural, Doctor Who, and World of Warcraft. Inspired by a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing where he viewed a portrait of one of New York City’s Sons of Liberty, DeCandido brilliantly weaves together true history with Fox’s Sleepy Hollow lore and captures the charming voice of Ichabod in this absorbing new novel. In this gripping and witty original Sleepy Hollow tale, Ichabod and Abbie must figure out why the medals are being stolen and what terrifying creature is being resurrected. Soon it becomes clear that someone is gathering them for a purpose, as these medals of honor hold a much higher power. In Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution, medals awarded in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress to the heroes of the American Revolution start to disappear one by one in a series of thefts accompanied by grisly murders. Crane teams up with Mills to continue an age-old battle between good and evil. DeCandido offers a terrifically fun all-new Sleepy Hollow adventure featuring Ichabod and his much-loved companion Lieutenant Abbie Mills of the Sleepy Hollow Police Department, published with the full support of Fox in conjunction with the launch of the show’s second season on September 22, 2014.Īrriving in twenty-first-century Sleepy Hollow dressed in his topcoat and knee-high boots and baffled by any manner of modern inventions, Ichabod has been resurrected two and a half centuries after his death to unravel a mystery that dates to the American Revolution. In Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution (Broadway Books Paperback Original September 30, 2014), Keith R.A. Most recently, Entertainment Weekly named Ichabod Crane one of the “25 Best Characters on TV Right Now.” Fox’s best fall drama debut since 24’s debut in 2001, Sleepy Hollow was Fox’s number one scripted series, averaging 11.4 million viewers per episode and receiving an NAACP Image Award nomination, a Television Critics Association Award nomination, and TV Guide’s “Battle of the Fans” award for Favorite New Show. Since its premiere in the fall of 2013, Fox’s hit show Sleepy Hollow, a modern-day twist on the Washington Irving classic, has amassed an impressive number of accolades. “ Sleepy Hollow is the best new show.” - Robert Bianco, USA Today “TV’s hottest new horror hit.” - TV Guide and entertaining start.” - New York Times “FOX’s Sleepy Hollow gets the new television season off to an outlandish. Sleepy Hollow: Children of the Revolution Keith R.
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