Borgon the Axeboy and the prince's shadow - Kjartan Poskitt

Borgon the Axeboy and his friends are
going to watch the Shadow Trials - the most dangerous contest in the
Lost Desert. But they didn't mean to join in! Then one of the
contestants challenges Borgon . . . and barbarians NEVER refuse a
challenge! After all, all he has to do is race up a deathly mountain,
cross a sabre-tooth bear pit, avoid the vultures and escape a skeleton.
What could possibly go wrong?

With Asterix-style illustrations
from award-winning author/illustrator Philip Reeve, this series is set
to have you rolling in the desert with laughter.