"Wow! Dragonsbane's sequel is even better."
This is the long awaited sequel to Dragonsbane and IMO is
EVEN better. And that saying a lot!!! While Jenny Waynest
is trying to rout out an outlaw nest with a practicing mage
helping them, Lord John Aversen finds himself having to
hunt another dragon that is ravaging the countryside.
During the battle he is severely wounded but has managed to
fatally injure the dragon. While half conscious, he sees a
mage come and heal the dragon, and drive a ice shard
through the dragon's neck. Then he is joined by another
mage, who looks like his young son Ian, but who's eyes show
something totally different. They take off with the
dragon. That is the first sign John has that his son has
been kidnapped and possessed by a demon. As more and more
mages and dragons come under demon control the battle seems
hopeless. Jenny and John even get help from Morkeleb (the
dragon from her first book) but he too is helpless against
them. It is a book that is a desperate battlefield, with
action and betrayal, but you constantly see the love
between John and Jenny through the whole book even when
they are apart (which is quite often). This is a wonderful
book and while the end is complete, there are enough
questions about a major demons role in the battle to leave
room for another sequel, to be call THE KNIGHT OF THE DEMON
QUEEN. Don't expect everything to be perfect at the end
of the book as the demons have left their mark and everyone
has been traumatized. So I'm glad there is another.
Excellent book!! Linda W / May, 1999
Copyright © 1999
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted April 14, 2003
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