THE SAINT OF DRAGONS
Hightman, Jason
From Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 19 February 1997
Quantity: 1From Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since 19 February 1997
Quantity: 1About this Item
Signed by Hgitman on the title page. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Seller Inventory # 36325
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE SAINT OF DRAGONS
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Collins, New York
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First UK edition, first printing.
Book Type: Book
About this title
It’s not every day you wake up and find you’re a dragonhunter...
Simon St George meets his long lost father after supposing him dead, only to be informed that he is a descendant of St George the Dragon Slayer and it is his duty to inherit this role himself. For there are dragons in today's society and the world should be rid of their evil once and for all! Trouble is, they are disguised as humans in positions of power....
Exciting fantasy adventure, snarky humour, and lashings of dragons as you’ve never seen them before...
Simon’s life at the Lighthouse School for Boys, an elite and expensive academy for children whose parents want them to have the best education--at the greatest possible distance away--is humdrum and always has been. He is therefore shocked and amazed, and a little bit peeved, when a scruffy man turns up one night claiming to be the father he has never seen and kidnaps him. Aldric St George is a descendant of St George the Dragon Slayer and his family have been eliminating the vestiges of dragonkind, now cunningly disguised amongst the human population of earth, for generations.
Simon is sceptical--but his first encounter with a dragon soon brings the reality of his new life into sharp relief. Father and son venture to many different lands, Italy, France, Russia and China, to try and thwart a great gathering of dragons intent on executing an unthinkable disastrous experiment. It’s comic book stuff, but it is all nevertheless page-turningly addictive. There are some great action sequences and lots of heart-stopping drama.
Hightman’s book is typical of a whole canon of magical fantasy adventures that are around today and competing with the Harry Potter generation of young readers. What it lacks in literary prowess, it more than makes for in the wholehearted gusto and energy of its story and in its telling. A thoroughly engaging first novel, with a sequel already in the pipeline. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay
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