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Cargando... Dragonsbane (1986 original; edición 1987)por Barbara Hambly
Información de la obraVencer al dragón por Barbara Hambly (1986)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Trying a dragon/fantasy to see if I would like it, but just couldn't get into it. Gave it 110 pages, but not my cup of tea. Sorry Mrs. Hambly. ( ) It has been many years since I last read this and I just wanted to check that I was right, and I was, this is an excellent read. Jenny and John are not an old married couple but they sure do behave like it, and they have two children. Once upon a time John killed a dragon and now he's a living legend. More interested in keeping his people alive and learning more of the ways of people from the past than living up to the title of Dragonsbane, but when Gareth comes and begs that they defeat another dragon, and he invokes the King's name, the King being John's sovereign in some ways he has to come when he calls. So he responds and finds complicated politics and messy personalities that he has to deal with along with Jenny who has to deal with her own temptations and issues. It's a story of love and aging and career versus family and I really enjoyed the read, more now that I'm older. As expected (it is a Hambly), a very rich, well-written tale, with a lot of desperation points and hard choices. It's all Jenny's viewpoint, I'd have been interested to see what John thought now and then. I like the choice she finally made - I'd been thinking about it much earlier, when she first met Zyene. Magic makes magic - but what's the point of it? The dragon is fascinating, a very alien thought process (we see more of his thoughts than John's...). Rich and grim - I have the rest of the series as well, but no way I could read them in quick succession. I'll take a break between each book - though I will read the whole series. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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An idealistic young prince convinces an aging warrior and a struggling witch to help him kill the dragon that is terrorizing his kingdom As a vicious dragon stalks the Southlands, Crown Prince Gareth ventures to the forbidding North in search of the only man who can kill it. He is Lord Aversin, the Dragonsbane, whose dragon-slaying days have won him renown across the land. But when Gareth finds Lord Aversin, he discovers the mighty hero is squat and bespectacled, the ruler of a mud-village who admits that he killed the dragon not with a lance, but with ignoble poison. Still, he'll have to do. Gareth and Aversin set off in company with Jenny Waynest, a witch with great ambitions but disappointingly puny powers--a ragtag crew destined to become legendary, or die in the attempt. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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