Dragon and Phoenix - Softcover

Bertin, Joanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671029398 ISBN 13: 9780671029395

Publisher: Earthlight, 2000

Synopsis

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Review:

Following her enjoyable debut fantasy The Last Dragonlord, Joanne Bertin takes the Dragonlords (human/dragon shapeshifters) and their friends on a fresh adventure. Far south lies the very "oriental" land Jehanglan, whose Imperial Court is a hotbed of subtlety, hidden passages, eunuchs, origami, poison and the death of a thousand cuts. The secret of this ancient empire's longevity lies in frightful magical defences, tapping the volcanic fire of an imprisoned Phoenix. But the binding spells also mean endless torment for a chained dragon. To rescue this cousin, the Dragonlords plan a quixotic expedition into Jehanglan's unknown dangers.

What the reader knows and they don't is that they are walking into a trap laid by the Empire's devious Lord Jhanun, who covets the Phoenix Throne and plans the enslavement of four Dragonlords to fulfil a prophecy: One alone--the Hidden One--means the end of the Phoenix. But four will give you the throne--.

There's no straightforward clash of Good vs Evil here, but a much-recomplicated struggle of many factions: the Dragonlord party with its own internal quarrels and a betrayer leading them by the nose; Jhanun's multiple plots; the Emperor and his tough-minded concubine who is determined to be Empress; rivalries among the mage-priests who control the Phoenix; rebellious horse-clans on the Empire's margins; and a special, local breed of dragon, long thought extinct. Great tension develops as everyone's plans, and eventually the prophecy, work out not quite as expected. A fat, well-crafted and wholly satisfying fantasy. --David Langford

Synopsis:

A return to the world created in "The Last Dragonlord", featuring Linden Rathan and his new-found love, Maurynna. In far-off Jehanglan, a dragon has been captured and drained of its magic to hold a phoenix in stasis. Both creatures are to be released form their suffering by Linden and Maurynna.

About this edition

• Publisher: Earthlight
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0671029398
• ISBN 13: 9780671029395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544