I've always loved this book. Part of it is the cover art, by Michael Whelan, I always loved this dragon. The story starts out as a fairly typical dragon story, a dragon has invaded and they need a hero to come slay it. But very quickly we discover that this is not your typical dragon story at all. The characters are complex and so are their motives.
Rating: 4 stars
Recommendations: I like Barbara Hambly, everything I've read by her has been great. There are sequels to this book called Dragon Shadow and Dragon Star that I haven't read yet. I did like The Witches of Wenshar.
391 pages took me about 3 hours, maybe I've read this one many times before
I'm not sure why my library has books 1,2,3 and 5 of this series but I'm all caught up now. I am really starting to enjoy the character development in this series. I almost didn't even care about the mystery really, although it was clever.
This was a delightful young adult novel and a great introduction to a new series and world. The main character is an "unlucky" thirteenth child. Eff. Her family moves out to the American frontier to give her a chance to grow up without stigma. The story follows Eff from childhood till she is eighteen. I say the American frontier, but this is a alternate universe that only bears a slight resemblance to ours. There is magic for one and magical creatures like Dragons, and apparently the South won the Civil War... there are other differences but you get the idea. I'm really looking forward to the next book in this series.
I've always loved this book. Part of it is the cover art, by Michael Whelan, I always loved this dragon. The story starts out as a fairly typical dragon story, a dragon has invaded and they need a hero to come slay it. But very quickly we discover that this is not your typical dragon story at all. The characters are complex and so are their motives.
