Fantasy

Dragonstar

by Barbara HamblyBook 4 of 4 in Winterlands
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Description

Condemned to die for consorting with demons, dragonslayer Lord John Aversin sits in a dank prison cell and calculates the odds of escape, while smelling the smoke of the executioners? pyres. In Winterlands, Jenny Waynest pays a heavy price for choosing to be human, mourning the loss of her husband, Lord John, and the dangers that engulf her family. But in a season of the Dragon Star, strange miracles are about to transpire. As a pitched battle between the Hellspawn and the human rages, Jenny and John will be reunited in a city under siege. And there, they will have one last chance to understand all that has happened to them and why, who their true enemies and true allies are, and most of all, for what magical purpose each has been chosen. A vast adventure and a powerful mystery teeming with demons and witches, gnomes and dragons, Dragonstar explores profound issues of faith, fate, and technology?while obscuring long held boundaries between good and evil, love and hate, what is human and what is fantastic.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatWar-Torn
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
June 2002
Pages
292
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
ISBN
9780345441218
Series
Winterlands, Book 4

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